Trade & Markets Updates

US – Family-owned and operated agricultural business, Lipman has appointed Doug Miller as the new Head of Watermelon Sales to spearhead distribution across the East…

EGYPT – City Farm, an Egyptian company specializing in exporting frozen vegetables to the US, aims to increase its sales in that market to USD…

TANZANIA – Heifer International, a non-profit organization, has called on stakeholders in Africa’s agriculture sector to increase their support for youth-driven innovations to strengthen the…

EGYPT – The Ministry of Trade and Industry has postponed the implementation of a decision to stop the export of onions for a period of…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s hibiscus farming soars as growers association project USD 62.4 million earnings for export in 2023 given the 70 percent surge in the…

GLOBAL – Little Leaf Farms, a US based established Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) brand, has been ranked the top best-selling packaged lettuce in New England.…

EGYPT – Egypt in the 2022/23 season (July-June) imported a record low volume of fresh apples over the past five seasons, reports EastFruit. The devaluation…

EGYPT – Egypt’s fast-growing onion export sector has recently been hindered by Europe’s decision to exclude them from their markets. According to Mohammed Hassan, CEO…

SOUTH AFRICA – Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which remained active over Mozambique and northeastern South Africa for five weeks in February and March 2023, has caused…

EGYPT – Egyptian fresh produce market will receive pomegranates of varying sizes during this harvest season due to inconsistent weather patterns between the first and…