Xinhua News Agency, Abuja, October 25 (Reporter Yang Zhe Hou Ming) At the fourth session of the Abuja Forum in Nigeria held recently, many Chinese and African people discussed the development opportunities brought by China-Africa cooperation and the Belt and Road cooperation for Africa.Speaking at t

According to the FAO, 70% of water resources are used for agriculture and irrigation, resources strongly related to the F&B industryObserving the negative effects of linear food production and the overexploitation of natural resources, a new model of production and economy is required to limit l

Growth in overall sales figures driven more by price increases than by higher volumes.The total value of processed tomato products exported between July 2022 and June 2023 reached USD 9.46 billion, according to customs statistics provided by the 110 reporting countries. This value sets a new all-tim

Researchers in Tokyo, Japan, genetically modified tomato and potato plants to produce betacyanin and tested the extracts’ therapeutic benefits. Betacyanin is a type of betalain red-violet and water-soluble pigment with potent antioxidant potential.The results showed that the genetically alter

Tomatoes – a super ingredient for cosmetics!On 7 July 2023, several dozen people came to the Panier Provençal industrial processing site in Tarascon to celebrate the inauguration of Phénix en Provence's new facility.Who would have thought, just a few years ago, that the processing tomat

Comparison of monthly exports of tomato paste (HS code 200290) over past two years, comparison with the previous three marketing years (July-June periods)As the start of the new season approached, monthly exported quantities decreased in most processing countries.However, data available for global e

AMITOM COUNTRIESEGYPTThe heat wave have affected yields in the summer season, but quality was ok. Temperatures are now back to normal and processing in small quantities as the crop is now transitioning to the late summer crop which will start mid-September. The transplanting for winter crop may be d

Export volumes rose by 36% between the last two marketing yearsOfficial figures released by China Customs show a spectacular rise in exports of processed tomato products under HS codes 200290, reaching 1.114 million metric tonnes (t) in 2022/2023. This level of activity, the second-highest after the

The ongoing collaboration between the Tomato Foundation and SSICA is now publishing important new scientific papers, based on the positive data from their 2020/21 tomato products research. One such paper is currently passing through the scientific review panels of the Journal of Food Sciences and Nu

Following the publication of a reduced forecast for California and smaller adjustments in other countries, the global processing estimate for 2022 has been reduced by over one million tonnes and is now under 37 million tonnes. This is nearly three million less than the March processing intentions an