by Avi Crane (via Fresh Fruit Portal) When avocados from Chile first arrived in the U.S. in September 1985, the weekly demand for avocados was under 7 million pounds. Weekly supply above that level would carry into the following week as unsold inventory and the market would react accordingly.Continue Reading
The Lychee (Litchi chinensis) is cultivated in China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Australia, Mexico and South Africa. China is the main producer of the fruit. In Vietnam, lychee is produced at an estimated area of 80,000 hectares. The main growing areas are inContinue Reading
The project to export national products abroad, especially to the European continent, was analyzed at an inter-agency meeting held at the Committee on Industry, Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives. Spanish businessmen, representatives of the National Quality and Plant Health and Seeds (SENAVE), the National Institute for Food and Nutrition (INAN),Continue Reading
The Centre’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has allocated Rs 4.6 crore (USD 1M) to support a national multi-institutional project titled ‘A value chain on jackfruit and its products’. The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) has been identified as the leading centre to be roped in for the same. Continue Reading
Mango exports from Peru in the period between January and April rose by 25.7 per cent to US$165.2m compared with the year-earlier period, according to figures released by Peruvian exporter association Adex. The US was the biggest market, absorbing US$64.2m of mangoes, followed by the Netherlands (US$48.1m) and theContinue Reading
Last January, I visited a friend and took pictures of her mango tree that was covered with flowers. A few weeks later we talked on the phone and she told me the flowers had fallen without turning into fruit. She jokingly said that by taking pictures I had put aContinue Reading
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