Farms in Hawaii could become “zero waste” if a state-funded demonstration project proves viable. The state’s Agribusiness Development Corp. is proposing to build a $1.5 million facility at the Shipman Business Park that would grow algae from leftover produce, in particular, papaya. The algae could then be usedContinue Reading
The Food Safety department on April 24 seized and destroyed 2.5 tonnes of artificially ripened fruits from the wholesale fruits market in Koyambedu. The fruits, including two tonnes of papaya and 500 kg of mangoes, had been ripened using calcium carbide, said sources in the department. This time sinceContinue Reading
South Australia has strengthened its import requirements, following the discovery of fruit fly larvae in four consignments of Queensland mangoes sent to South Australia during the summer harvest, which threatened its fruit fly-free status. The reforms include a ban on fruit that has been heat-treated as well asContinue Reading
The much-feared Tropical Race 4 strain of the Fusarium oxysporum soil fungus which causes Panama disease in Cavendish bananas has now been discovered in Myanmar. This follows closely on the heels of its discovery in Vietnam and Laos. The fungus is expected to have disastrous consequences on individual banana growersContinue Reading
More than 3,000 banana plants were damaged in a whirlwind at a few villages near Sathyamangalam on April 20 night. Farmers, who were expecting a good harvest in two weeks, pegged the loss at several lakh rupees. They said they had planted different varieties such as red banana, nenthiram andContinue Reading
The wholesale cost of the world’s most popular fruit went bananas in the early part of this year. The price that stores paid for bananas hit a record high in the first quarter, pressured by limited supplies in Central and South America, which produce most bananas sold in theContinue Reading
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has recently successfully developed year-round dragon fruit in the country by using artificial lighting. BARI held a workshop at Pahartoli of Khulshi in Chattogram on Saturday over the success of the institute where its Director General Dr Abul Kalam Azad was present as chiefContinue Reading
The week-long festival of Zambales province’s most popular produce – mangoes – was celebrated over from April 14-17 as provincial officials formally opened the annual Dinamulag Mango Festival. Dinamulag Festival is an annual thanksgiving for another year of bountiful harvest, officials said. Provincial Administrator and Festival Committee ChairpersonContinue Reading
Tropical Race 4 (TR4), the virulent strain of fungus Fusarium oxysporum cubense that is threatening banana crop globally with the fusarium wilt disease, has hit the plantations in India, the world’s top producer of the fruit. The devastating disease which surfaced in the Cavendish group of bananas in parts ofContinue Reading
Thai durians sold like hot cakes in Thailand after Jack Ma showed the magic of e-commerce during his visit by selling 80,000 golden pillow durians on his online platform T-mall within one minute. While Ma was in Thailand to make a mega-deal on investment on Thursday (April 19), CommerceContinue Reading
Mangoes are a fruit typically associated with tropical climates and summer months, but a Western Australian farmer is proving that wrong. In the town of Harvey, two hours south of Perth and 33 degrees south of the equator, a flourishing mango plantation is still producing fruit, a month afterContinue Reading
When Leah Mutembei was growing up in Kajuki, a village in central Kenya, most farms were dotted with avocado and mango trees. “But now they have all gone,” the 32-year-old maize farmer said from her homestead, gesturing to the barren land nearby. “We had to cut them to make firewoodContinue Reading
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