The king of fruits has arrived in the town this season,with king-size price tags. Buffeted by either unseasonal or deficient rain in the fruit-growing regions, mangoes are beyond the reach of the aam aadmi.

When squeezed from their casing, you could be forgiven to think that what is about to go into your mouth is caviar.

Dole Philippines (Dolefil) has embarked on an ambitious expansion scheme since it came under control of Japan’s Itochu Corporation, with plans to double its plantations in the next five years.

The mango crop this year in areas hit by Sunday evening’s storm is likely to adversely affected.

The United States patent and trademark office has granted the Mekong Delta province of Long An two parents on its specialties, Nang Thom Cho Dao rice and Chau Thanh dragon fruit.

As cyclone Ita finally runs out of steam after wreaking havoc along Queensland’s coast, farmers are emerging as her biggest victim.

A unit of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to allow shipments of fresh Philippine mangoes from areas other than Guimaras.

AUSTRALIAN mandarins are back in season, with the sweet citrus fruit expected to be a winter favourite as consumers turn towards healthy, convenient foods.

Mangoes are likely to be expensive this year as the country’s overall production is estimated to come down by upto 20 per cent because of crop damage in some states due to last month’s unseasonal rains, industry body Assocham said on Tuesday.

Banana exporters are looking at new markets for Cavendish bananas in anticipation of a possible production surplus, once the industry recovers by the end of this year from the destruction of typhoon Pablo in 2012.

The Australian Banana Growers Council (ABGC) has reported industry-wide crop losses of around 5% across North Queensland’s banana plantations, as the first preliminary estimate after Cyclone Ita passed through Innisfail and Tully on Sunday morning.

Farmers in Vietnam are feeding leftover unsaleable watermelons to their livestock.

Malaysia has urged Australia to import more of its fruits and agricultural produce.

Hopelessness and frustration have taken over the thoughts of some farmers and service providers who took part in the mango project of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), as their seedlings wither due to lack of water.

The Peruvian mango industry has achieved a successful 2013-14 campaign, shipping 1,250 more containers than last season due to conditions that led to better flowering and a longer harvest time.

Born and raised in Mexico, Sergio Cruz certainly has the pedigree for making authentic guacamole.

The UAE’s date palm oases are expected to receive international recognition in near future for providing social, cultural, ecological and economical services to humans.

It’s big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay – but it could help keep millions of people from hunger.

Being alarmed by the European Union (EU) ban on the import of Indian mangoes, Pakistan exporters have urged the government to strictly monitor this year’s mango exports to the EU.

A fungus poses a serious threat to Florida’s commercial avocado industry, which is worth $55 million to the state economy.

Bananas can’t seem to catch a break. The fruit is under assault again from a disease that threatens the popular variety that Americans slice into their cereal or slather with chocolate and whipped cream in their banana splits.

Dominican Republic’s export and investment agency (CEI-RD), the Agricultural Development Fund (FEDA) and the Agriculture Ministry on Sunday announced a project to help more than 100 pineapple growers export 120 containers of the fruit to Europe each week and create around 20,000 jobs.

Uruguay expects to export between 120,000 and 150,000 tonnes of citrus this season as it targets new sales in the US following the recent opening of the market.

In an effort to diversify agricultural production, the Dominican Republic has announced a program to bolster dragonfruit production.

THAILAND: Durian growers asked not to cut fruit early for export

Director-General of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Mr. Olan Pitak has urged local farmers in Trat province not to export premature Durians or risk adverse effects on market prices of the fruit.

The Pakistan government has made hot water treatment compulsory for mangoes destined for the EU to avoid being barred from the market.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging countries to step up their monitoring, reporting and prevention of one of the world’s most destructive banana diseases, Fusarium wilt TR4, which recently spread from Asia to Africa and the Middle East.