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South African avo industry awaits finalised postharvest and shipping protocols with China
A few final protocols concerning shipping and postharvest treatment need to be finalised before South African avocados can make their...
Edrean Ernst
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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One of South Africa’s foremost avocado growers branches out into coffee
While some areas of South Africa feature the ideal conditions for growing coffee, only a few farmers are planting the crop, as it is...
Zander Ernst
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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Micro-cloning powers South African avocado production
Allesbeste Nursery, established in the 1980s, has been expanded many times. Yet the end is still not in sight, according to Zander Ernst,...
Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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Allesbeste and Dole South Africa announce new packhouse partnership
Dole South Africa, a subsidiary of Dole plc, and Allesbeste Group today announced the formation of a new partnership agreement in Letaba...
Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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What exactly does an avo taste like? South African grower develops an avo-cabulary
South African avocado grower Allesbeste Boerdery, owner of the Maluma avocado, is partnering with a South African coffee specialist to...
Zander Ernst
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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South Africa: Avocado farm looks to apple cultivation for inspiration
At the annual Maluma symposium a large avocado producer throws its doors open, giving a generous insight, free of charge, into the...
Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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"The Maluma is the only cultivar capable of competing with Hass" - Dr André Ernst, Allesbeste Boerde
Maluma commercialisation imminent in Chile & Israel with trials in the USA The Maluma avocado, commercially launched in 2007, is an...
Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20235 min read
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