The BayWa affiliate, TFC Holland – a Dutch supplier of exotic fruits and vegetables – and Tzaneen-based South African marketing organization Afrupro Exporters Proprietary Limited are expanding their collaboration and forming a joint venture. The aim of the new company “Afrupro Investments Proprietar …

Booming avocado export markets spur major growth in area planted. Rising global demand for avocados is spurring expansion of the crop in South Africa, which exports about two-thirds of its average annual production of 90 000 tons. Commercial plantings of the healthy, delicious and versatile fruit in …

All of South Africa’s large avocado exporting entities are chasing the holy grail of a year-round avocado supply through exploiting all climatic possibilities in the country. Afrupro, which has its origins as an avocado and litchi growers’ cooperative in the Letaba/Tzaneen area, is getting closer to …