Chinese smartphone app adopts fruit sales pitch

Chinese app WeChat, now with 100 million users, has given fruit a prominent position in its 'Selected products' section.

January 14 , 2014

Chile: Fedefruta releases strike effect estimation

Fedefruta's Cristián Allendes says a minority group in Chile without legal foundations is "killing the country".

January 14 , 2014

Seedless table grapes lead the way in South Africa

Leon de Kock says a transforming South African grape offering will move more strongly into retail.

January 14 , 2014

Peru: Camposol plans avocado sourcing from new countries

Four new nations are in Camposol's sights for supplying avocados as part of a diversification scheme.

January 13 , 2014

Maersk Line announces dedicated American shipping company

Maersk Line's SeaLands will provide regional services throughout the American continent.

January 13 , 2014

U.K.: Marks & Spencer highlights "licorice" Dicolored pear

M&S takes us behind the scenes with a licorice-flavored pear from the Czech Republic grown in England.

January 13 , 2014

India: Syngenta aims for horticultural project rollout

Syngenta Asia's Prashant Belgamwar discusses seedless watermelon and grape projects in India.

January 13 , 2014

Opinion: winter citrus brightens cold weather gloom

Karen Caplan discusses the king of the winter fruit season, and some of its most interesting princedoms.

January 13 , 2014

Brazilian bananas close strong year for exports

A favorable exchange rate has encouraged diverse sales for Brazilian bananas.

January 10 , 2014

Australian territory raises funding for banana freckle fight

Australia's Northern Territory government has set up another banana freckle eradication zone in the Virginia area.

January 10 , 2014