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We are publishers of some of the most important magazines about global fresh produce development, production and processing based in switzerland (Fruit World and The Clipper). The company has a history of more than 70 years. The print edition of the ‚Fruit World’ is an important source of information for growers, exporters and importers, technology and inputs for fresh produce all over the world

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Cashew nut prices in Cambodia suffer decline

Cambodia’s cashew nut prices slightly dropped because of border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, although some goods are being let through.The price of cashew nuts was $2 per kilogramme (kg). It fell to $1.5 a kg for raw cashew nuts and $7.5 a kg for processed cashew nuts this year, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Cambodian raw cashew…

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Tech fund announces the successful funding of almond farm

Last month, the Hanford-based financial tech company FarmFundr was able to pull off a crowdfund of $700,000 for a 20-acre almond orchard in Lemoore. FarmFundr bills itself as the only financial technology company of its kind in the Central Valley and the only farmer-owned crowdfunding site for farmland.

“Our main goal has always been to keep the family farm in business and offer great farmland…

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Snackification comes to India

The 2020 report of Euromonitor International, a global strategic market research firm, also suggests that ‘snackification’ as a trend is catching up in India. Not surprisingly, brands and companies are cashing in on the trend. Tea café chain Chaayos, for one, serves handcrafted and healthy snack options. “Lip-smacking, health-first options like egg white chaat and kala chana chaat are high in…

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Pecans: Nursery Trees May Be Scarce This Winter

As pecan harvest gets underway across the pecan belt here in North America, growers are either readying their pecan harvesting equipment to begin harvest in the next few weeks or have already begun harvesting on the earliest varieties.

Because pecans are grown all the way across the southern US from north Florida to southern California, pecan harvest will begin in September and run all the…

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The Clipper Due Payment Notice

The majority of our advertisers and subscribers to The Clipper magazine meet their payment obligations regularly and promptly. This is common practice, and in return we as publishers supply our products and associated services timely and in first-class quality. It is with respect to our loyal customers who have been paying their invoices without delay for many years, that we have decided to…

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Almonds: Italians are lagging behind

From first producer country to taillight. This was, at least until today, the destiny of the Italy of almonds, which at the turn of the two world wars was in first place in this ranking and now manages to satisfy only 2% of domestic demand. To underline this is a report published in these days by the economic newspaper “Il Sole 24Ore”, where it is highlighted that, while the world demand is…

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Are Sprouted cashews a strategy for survival?

KOZHIKODE: The attempt by Brijith Krishna of Kannur to commercialize cashew in a new avatar — sprouted cashew –as a survival strategy amid the Covid-19 lockdown is making waves. In the past four months, Brijith has secured a turnover of Rs 1 lakh by turning unsold cashew nuts into sprouts (germinated cashew nut cotyledons) in his remote village near Iritty. Brijith (42), who had lost his job…

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Cross-pollination for macadamias

CROSS-POLLINATION for macadamias has proved critical for maximising yields in a Hort Innovation pollination research and development project. The project team recently finished up analysis on macadamia cross pollination to better understand the implications on nut production and ensuring adequate pollination takes place.

Cross-pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to another…

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Walnuts May Support Brain Function in Older Adults

Eating walnuts may result in better cognitive function in older people compared those who don’t eat walnuts.

If you don’t like walnuts, other foods have been shown to support brain health as well, such as eggs, fish, and blueberries.

Following a dietary pattern that supports brain health, like the Mediterranean diet, may be a better recommendation than focusing on one single food.

Eating walnuts…

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Virus threatens cashew production in Nigeria

Covid-19 has threatened the 350,000 metric tons (MT) cashew production target this year intended to boost exports, the Chief Executive Officer, Seacos Nigeria Limited Ojo, Ajanaku, has said.Farmers expect output to reach about 350,000MT, from 250,000MT recorded in the 2018/2019 season.He said reports he got from cashew farmers across the country revealed that production had dropped.

He said…

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Strengthening Africa’s cashew industry; the role of governments

With the world overwhelmed by an unexpected deadly novel virus that is destroying lives, businesses and ruining plans and dreams, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has almost left the world doing nothing but thinking, researching, planning and dreaming of an end to it.

Governments across the world have been left with no options, over the past six months, than to push valuable time, and…

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American Pistachio Growers cancel 2021 event

Elite coconut are getting a boost from research

Attempts are being made by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to mass multiply elite coconut varieties through tissue culture to raise production and productivity of the nut.

Towards this groundbreaking innovation, TNAU’s Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology optimised in vitro culturing of the dissected embryo and regenerating them into whole plants. TNAU planted its tissue…

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Who are the Next Gen consumers and how will they impact food purchases? Sacramento, Calif. (AgPR) Aug. 24, 2020 — Responding to changing consumer tastes is one of the greatest challenges facing farmers and food producers going forward.

Pecan Report: Orchard Plantings Attempt to Keep Pace with Demand

As domestic demand for pecans continues to grow here in the US, supply of the American Pecan is struggling to keep pace. Pecan growers are scattered across the southern US, from north Florida to southern California and every state in between, the US has a wide swath of pecan producing area across the south with ample land to grow pecans, however pecan growers continue to struggle to keep pace…

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Turkey: Best season ever

Turkey, the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier, has had its best season ever as it managed to export 337,000 tons of hazelnuts between September 2019 and August, according to data from the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KIB).

The exports in the 50-week period of the 2019-2020 season, from September to the week ending Aug. 16, have brought in around $2.27 billion (TL…

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Compound of dried figs could increase risk of fatty liver disease

University of California – San Diego

Excessive consumption of fructose — a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet — can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is comparably abundant in the United States. But contrary to previous understanding, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that fructose only adversely affects the liver after…

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