How do you count the number of mangoes on your farm so that you get a fair price? And what’s a clever-but-cheap way for a farmer to cut down his irrigation bill? Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa may have the image of relentless toil and low productivity, but expertsContinue Reading
Taiwan Technical Mission, in cooperation with Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Co-operatives, held “Banana Plants Preparation and Follower Setting Workshops” in Deglos, La Caye, Grace, Roseau, Woodland and Micoud on April 11th, 18th and 25th, and May 2nd, 9th and 16th. AgriculturalContinue Reading
Chances are, you eat bananas. Since they’re the country’s most popular fruit, purchased by nearly 70 percent of people in the U.S., you’re likely to have a bunch ripening on your countertop right this minute, somewhere between waxy yellow and speckled brown. The appeal is clear: Bananas are tasty, filling,Continue Reading
Vietnam is seeking to export avocados to the United States, the Southeast Asian country said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to shut the U.S.-Mexico border raised fears American consumers could see a shortage. Avocado prices in the United States jumped by nearly 50% in April onContinue Reading
Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), Australia, has built the world’s first mango auto-harvester, with the first prototype achieving 75% efficiency in automatically identifying and picking fruit in view during its first field trials at Yepoon. According to the university, the prototype harvester takes approximately five seconds to harvest a fruit,Continue Reading
Claimed as a world’s first, CQUniversity Professor Kerry Walsh has revealed details of its mango auto-harvester at this week’s Australian Mango Industry Association conference in Darwin. CQUniversity has been conducting field trials of the first prototype of its mango sensor and auto-harvest technologies at Yeppoon in Central Queensland. TheContinue Reading
Cameroon exported a total of 13,381 tons of banana in April this year, the lowest volume since the year began, the fruit’s association (Assobacam) said. In detail and compared to the same period last year, PHP, local subsidiary of French Compagnie fruitière de Marseille and market leader, shipped 12,427Continue Reading
China has overtaken Japan as the biggest foreign market of Philippine bananas, buying more than 1.1 million metric tons in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. In an interview with Xinhua, PSA Assistant Secretary and Officer-in-Charge Josie Perez said China has bought a total of 1.165Continue Reading
Ecuadorian banana exports to Brazil were suspended by a judicial decision in February 26, 2019, after Brazil opened its market to these exports in December 2017. Yesterday, Wednesday, May 8, Ecuador demanded the World Trade Organization, WTO, withdraw the restriction measures imposed by Brazil on Ecuadorian bananas, allegingContinue Reading
Bananas from southeastern Mexico will soon be on their way to Chinese consumers after the signing of a bilateral agreement. A process that began with the previous federal government concluded with the signing of a phytosanitary protocol by Agriculture and Rural Development Secretary Víctor Villalobos Arámbula and Chinese officialContinue Reading
Irresponsible pineapple farmers, conducting open burning in the Vista Perdana and Desa Bahagia areas, have been identified as the culprits behind the haze problem plaguing southern Sarawak. Assistant Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the farmers had apparently ignored the dry weather notices issuedContinue Reading
District administration in Rajshahi yesterday scheduled the date for beginning mango harvest on May 15, although growers in orchards say mangoes would not ripe until at least the end of the month. Mango growers can harvest Guti variety of mangoes from May 15 and other varieties successively. Continue Reading
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