The ‘D24’ and ‘Musang King’ durians from Hulu Terengganu, Setiu and Besut are chosen by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) to be exported abroad as frozen durian.     Terengganu FAMA director Hasan Jusoh said frozen durian had great potential and highly demanded especially in China because it wasContinue Reading

Mexican mango growers in part of the state of Chiapas are to benefit from the country improving the area’s phytosanitary status.   The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA) declared the southeast region in the state’s municipality of Tonalá to have a low prevalence of the AnastrephaContinue Reading

Mexican authorities claim a new norm for fighting Moko disease without methyl bromide will improve public health and disease control.   In a release, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) said the new Official Mexican Rule NOM-068-SAG/FITO-2015 aimed to update techniques for fighting the disease, modifying a ruleContinue Reading

by Charlie McKillop, abc.net.au   A lot has changed in the six months since the soil disease, Panama tropical race 4 (TR4), was found in the Tully Valley in the banana production heartland of far north Queensland.     Fences have gone up, signs erected warning the public not to enterContinue Reading