Australians can expect to see mangoes from India popping up in the markets soon, with a number of Indian businesses working hard to export fruit this season. Revised protocols have opened the door for Indian imports, with fruit allowed into Australia as long as it has been irradiated priorContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: Well before the durian season, tours to orchards –popular with foreign tourists – are almost all snapped up. Durians, especially the Musang King, come into season in July. Chang Teik Seng, 56, who runs the Bao Sheng Durian Farm in Balik Pulau, Penang, says 80% of hisContinue Reading
May 13 (UPI) — A pair of Scottish college students jokingly left a common pineapple on an empty table at a modern art museum, only to find days later it had been encased in glass and had become part of the exhibit. The prank was the work of Lloyd JackContinue Reading
Sale of watermelons has been brisk in various parts of Tiruchi district as the harsh summer continues. Traders say that watermelon arrivals from Villupuram district – a major supplier, had got exhausted due to heavy demand for the fruit and also due to fall in yield. So, traders areContinue Reading
Never heard of Acadiana’s exotic dragon fruit nursery? You’re not alone. Even if you knew what to look for and where to find it, you’d still probably miss it. The fruit farm hides behind an ordinary house on La. 347 between Breaux Bridge and Parks. ButContinue Reading
If you’re a lover of guacamole, chocolate avocado shakes or smashed avocado on toast, get ready to pay more for your fix of the green fruit. Avocado prices have risen to a record due to surging global demand and reduced harvests from major producers Mexico, Peru and California. Continue Reading
As we head into the summer season, watermelon supply and consumption are both expected to be strong for 2017. “We’re now seven weeks into the domestic season with plenty of imports still coming in from Mexico and less so from our Central American partners in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa RicaContinue Reading
“Due to more rainfall this year in Thailand, the ripening of durian has been delayed for one month, but the yields of durian are expected to increase. Last year, due to the drought in east Thailand, the output decreased by 20% to 30%. However, the trees had good rest andContinue Reading
TEMPO.CO, Bandung – Indonesia and Thailand is working together to develop postharvest technology for fruits. “Thai’s fruits are widely known in the world. They have a postharvest technology that makes fruits remain fresh long while being shipped,” Deputy of Agro Industry and Biotechnology at Agency for the Assessment and Application of TechnologyContinue Reading
KUCHING, April 17 — The Sarawak government has set up a new company with a seed fund of RM100 million in its bid to increase the state’s tropical fruit production for the export market. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas today said Sarawak Agriculture Products ExportContinue Reading
A Chilean public-private delegation recently held talks with South Korean authorities in a bid to speed up market access arrangements for the South American country’s avocados. The meeting took place during the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) in Incheon, South Korea on April 6. RepresentativesContinue Reading
The drought indirectly affected the avocado yield this season, and volumes will be lower than usual this year, reports the Letaba Herald. “In a sequence of dry years, such as the drought we had, pollinators become limited because food sources are sparse,” said Elsje Joubert, acting technical manager fromContinue Reading
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