More than 25 small and medium-sized enterprises in Sierra Leone took part in an intensive 3-day business boot camp in January, aimed at strengthening the capacity of cocoa, cassava, and palm oil agribusinesses value chains in the southeast region of...

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement entered into force on 1 August 2020 and includes a clear commitment to tackle market access barriers for exports of fruits and vegetables.To help them succeed in this, Viet Nam authorities joined the International...

The Lanka Fruit and Vegetable Producers, Processors and Exporters Association signs a partnership agreement with the Italian dried-fruit giant to boost quality, value-added products

More than 300 farmers receive certification allowing them to build more sustainable relationships with European buyers and generate higher incomes.

How can agribusiness help increase food security, nutrition and sustainable food systems, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

SIDA funding enables ITC to help boost competitiveness of Ukraine’s fruit and vegetable exporters.

Research partnership to explore opportunities and challenges for South-South trade in biodiversity-based products from Latin America.

Global demand for coconut water, oil and other by-products of the humble coconut is providing new export opportunities for Caribbean countries.

Mango exporters in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania have sealed business deals in the Middle East after participating in one of the world’s largest food and hospitality exhibitions, as part of a project implemented by the International Trade...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya have increased their productivity and are delivering goods to customers more quickly after introducing the Lean methodology into their processes.Through a series of three workshops, most recently held...

With support from ITC, Senegal today launched a project to boost the productivity, processing capacity, and export market diversification of its mango industry. The project is Senegal’s first ‘tier 2’ project under the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF),...

(LONG O, LAO PDR) -- For the first time, Bounlap Soulinthone from the remote Laotian village of Long O is selling his produce of vegetables to restaurant and hotels in the provincial capital of Luang Prabang, earning a 60% premium compared to what he...

ITC’s pilot training programme in Namaka Market part of a project to improve key services to agriculture in Fiji’s sugar belt

The West African country’s national yam strategy aims to improve livelihoods of workers in the sector, inspire other countries to do the same

Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade provided opportunity to strengthen trade and development cooperation between ITC and partner countries

Trade promotion programmes result in higher-quality goods for global consumption, more job opportunities for women and reduced poverty rates.

ITC Executive Director Patricia Francis met with members of The Geneva Business Roundtable earlier this week to discuss areas of cooperation ranging from supply chain management training to members’ participation in an ITC-led initiative to increase...

Women entrepreneurs across Africa are generating employment and adding value to exports in innovative ways, despite facing a range of challenges, including limited access to export training, market information and finance.

When Salama Tulari sat at her roadside shed in Tamale selling yams and wondering how she would ever come up with the money to expand her business, she never imagined her voice would help determine the future of Ghana’s strategy to develop its yam industry.But...

The “National Mango Day” conference highlighted the success of the 2012 mango export campaign and provided an opportunity to review the achievements and future activities of the NTF II project “Reinforcing the Sustainable Competitiveness of the Mango Sector”.

FAO and ITC workshop in Yaoundé aims at improving the use of cold chains in Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector.

Mangoes are produced in abundance in Senegal’s Niayes region. Exporting them has proved trickier, which is why farmers asked ITC for help to improve their produce.

The Kenyan Competitive Tree Fruit project, supported by the Netherlands Trust Fund, bids to improve the profits of Kenya’s fruit sector.

Fruit exporters from Mali, with ITC assistance, attended Fruit Logistica 2012 in Berlin, Germany from 8 to 10 February 2012. The promotion of the horticultural sector is a key component of the Government of Mali's poverty reduction plans...

Kyrgyz dried-fruit entrepreneur Akhtiyam Koshveev hoped that a Moscow trade fair he attended in 2007 would land him a few new clients. It landed much more: business contacts he made at the Prodexpo fair have enabled him to quadruple his production and...

Brazil, the world's fourth-largest mango exporter, is serving as an example for African countries that grow the fruit to learn how to improve efficiency and tackle problems that hinder production. To this end, the ITC and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) organized a field visit to Brazil's Petrolina region in November so that African entrepreneurs could benefit from Brazilian producers' experiences and knowledge...

Morocco’s main fruit importer, Compagnie Fruitière Distribution Maroc, could soon be importing fresh pineapples from Benin and Togo following an ITC-backed trade mission from the two West African countries...

Cooperative partnerships and long-term approaches improve connectivity within supply chains.   Connectivity within supply chains is not easy to achieve, especially as competitiveness in developing and least developed countries may be...

Prepared by the ITC’s Market News Service in consultation with horticultural sector experts. Exporters in developing countries, particularly African producers of perishable goods...