SOURCE: Mike Knowles, Fruitnet Shipments of imported fruit including bananas, pineapples, citrus, and grapes that usually enter the US via its eastern and Gulf coasts could end up stuck in ports or turned away, if an increasingly likely strike by tens of thousands of port workers goes ahead at theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Xinhua News In the early autumn, mango trees laden with heavy fruit can be spotted across a mountain in Huaping County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and their fragrance wafts through the air. Farmers are busy pruning, packing and loading the fruit onto transport vehicles, which then make their wayContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The collaboration between two ‘giants’ in the agricultural industry – Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) with abundant land resources and U & I Agriculture JSC (Unifarm), a company that pioneers in applying high-tech agriculture – has breathed new life into the banana industry. The high-tech banana production project,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Business in Cameroon Last year, European Union countries remained the largest consumers of Cameroonian pineapples, with France leading the way. According to a recent report on Cameroon’s economic competitiveness by the Competitiveness Committee, a specialized unit under the Ministry of Economy, “France (59%), Belgium (32%), and Italy (4.7%) areContinue Reading
SOURCE: Bree Caggiati, Fruitnet India and Indonesia have applied to export de-crowned fresh pineapple to Australia, according to reporting from ABC News. The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is currently undertaking a biosecurity risk assessment following the application. An agriculture department spokesperson told ABC News that asContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sheria Brathwaite, Barbados Today As domestic production of papaya – known here as paw-paw – continues to decline, the Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with two partner organisations to help farmers improve their yields. For many years, farmers across the island have struggled to produce adequate quantities of sweetContinue Reading
SOURCE: Edith Mutethya, China Daily In 2018, Zhang Wensheng and his friends were vacationing in Kenya, when they realized that the country boasts weather conditions favorable for cultivating some of the fruits usually grown in China. This aroused their entrepreneurial instincts. The next year, they established a six-hectare dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Investment Review A ceremony to announce the news was held on September 9 by the Plant Protection Department (PPD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam. Authorities from both nations have completed the final procedures for licensingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Assawin Pakkawan and Saritdet Marukatat, Bangkok Post Farmers growing “golden bananas” say business is booming, demand is growing and the price they get remains high. Somchai Nunual, leader of the golden banana and fruit safety group in Bang Kaew district in Phatthalung province, said the price tag on thisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas, Philstar The Philippines may lose the South Korean market for bananas if the free trade agreement (FTA) with the East Asian country is not ratified soon, as local exporters face stiffer competition against other foreign suppliers. Government officials and banana industry stakeholders were in unison thatContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture recently announced that the procedures required to allow the country’s avocados to be exported to China had been completed. According to Joseph Ndunguru, chief director of the Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, Tanzanian growers have been officially permitted to export their freshContinue Reading
Mango season in the Northern Territory is starting to heat up, with 24,000 trays sent to markets last week. The Darwin region is forecast to produce 2.4 million trays of mangoes this year — slightly up on 2023. NT Mango Industry Association president and Darwin grower Leo Skliros is alreadyContinue Reading