Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   Harvesting: The avocado is unique in the way it ripens. It matures on the treeContinue Reading

Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   For more plant health information, including diagnostic resources, best-practice pest management advice and plant clinic dataContinue Reading

Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   Agro-climatic suitability: Avocados do well in the mild-winter areas ofCalifornia,FloridaandHawaii, but thrive inMexicoall year. AvocadosContinue Reading

Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   Distribution: There are three Horticultural Races of avocado namely, Mexican, Guatemalan and West Indian. WestContinue Reading

Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   Names (Common Names): Avocado, avocatier, aguacate, adpukat, avokad, apukado, avokaa, awokado, bo’, ie dau, apokaContinue Reading

Back to > Major Fruits | Minor Fruits | Underutilized Fruits   Introduction  Name, Taxonomy, Botany  Nutritional Value Common Varieties Agronomy Pest & Disease Management Post-harvest & Processing Market and International Trade Research and Development   Introduction: Avocados were widely cultivated in tropicalAmericaas individual seedling trees before the Spanish conquest butContinue Reading

by Maggie Giuffrida, The Produce News   Robinson Fresh has carefully crafted its business practices to ensure that supply availability for pineapples is not compromised. “The dual country strategy that Robinson Fresh has in place for pineapple allows us to diversify supply production and risk whenever weather events hit one regionContinue Reading

  Indonesia has the potential to export tropical fruits to various countries, according to Kafi Kurnia, Head of the Indonesian Export-Import of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association (Assibisindo). Yet there are several factors hindering this potentially lucrative business.   Based on a report from Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry there exists solidContinue Reading

by Yzza Ibrahim, Fresh Plaza   Kenya registered a significant increase in mango production across the 2015/2016 season compared to the previous season, witnessing an increase of 27% on season-to-season basis. Mangos From Kenya reported 30% jump in exports, largely attributed to their intense continuous training that guides farmers to plantContinue Reading