Officials from the Department of Agriculture have been dispatched to a banana plantation in Chiang Rai province after a report of an alleged outbreak of Panama disease. The 2000 Rai plantation is operated by a Chinese company and is located in the Phaya Mengrai district of Chiang RaiContinue Reading
Europe is the main export destination, with 70% of shipments. According to a report from the Chamber of Commerce of Lima (IDEXCAM-CCL), organic banana exports could increase by up to 5% this year over the previous year, reporting some 175 million dollars. In the last two years, exports have experiencedContinue Reading
Banana exports have continued to fall, to reach 16,135 tons in May, against 19,037 tons in April, APA reports on Wednesday citing statistics from the Cameroon Banana Association (ASSOBACAM).Estimated at nearly 3,000 tons of bananas within a month, this decrease in exports is the highest registered so far in CameroonContinue Reading
Three tonnes of mangoes, grown in Yen Chau district in the northern mountainous province of Son La, were packaged on June 19 for flying to the UK. Ha Van Son, Director of the Chieng Hac agricultural cooperative in Yen Chau, said his cooperative is tending 14 ha of mangoesContinue Reading
Islamabad has seen an increase in the sales of mangoes, the proverbial ‘King of Fruits’. The fruit is also highly popular among the city’s large expat community, as staffers from various diplomatic missions and international agencies can be seen purchasing fresh mangoes at various popular sales points. Continue Reading
A growing export demand has necessitated Kerala’s pineapple growers to focus on the globally accepted MD2 variety because of its better suitability for processing and extended shelf-life, compared with the traditional Mauritius grades. Kerala produces four lakh tonnes of GI-tagged Vazhakkulam pineapple (Mauritius grade) in around 40,000 acres. However,Continue Reading
Cambodia has urged China to speed work on phytosanitary requirements to greenlight exports of Cambodian mangoes. On Thursday, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon and a Chinese delegation led by Hu Wei, Vice Minister of the Administration of Customs of China, met in Phnom Penh to discuss phytosanitary requirements for theContinue Reading
Durian lovers can now enjoy the fruit without having to fork out exorbitant prices. Durian Kaki co-owner Tan Chee Wei, 36, said prices for the King of Fruits had gone down in tandem with the supply increase of the tropical fruit. “At the start of the season,Continue Reading
Banana farming and its sales have given employment to as many as 60,000 people in Nepal. According to Tek Bahadur Singh, a banana expert of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Nepal, banana farming is being done in the area of 22,000 hectares of land spreading from Jhapa in the eastContinue Reading
A wide array of fruits were on display at the three-day fruit exhibition at AKM Giasuddin Milky Auditorium at Khamarbari in Dhaka. The Ministry of Agriculture organized the expo, which began on Saturday. The exhibition, which will continue till Monday, consists of 84 stalls from 64 organizations including sevenContinue Reading
The Johor State Executive Council has approved the Green Revolution Project for the Development of Johor Unused Land which will see acreage under government agencies planted with crops like the MD2 pineapple and starfruit. Islamic Religious Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee chairman, Tosrin Jarvanthi, said: “This is aContinue Reading
A Kerala town has made it mandatory for all new buildings to plant native fruit trees as a condition for the grant of the occupancy certificate, without which the building cannot be occupied. The Left-governed civic body in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, enforced the new rule on World EnvironmentContinue Reading
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