TFNet News Compilation (Page 209)

Jamaica is looking to increase its export of bananas to the United Kingdom one year after re-entering the market.   Jamaica resumed shipments in June 2014 after a six-year absence, due mainly to changes to the preferential agreement with the UK, as well as the effects of several hurricanes onContinue Reading

by Sarah Macdonald, Times of Oman   A rare banana found in an oasis in Jebel Bani Jaber near Tiwi has pest-resistant characteristics that could help protect the global banana industry, said a German plant scientist.   Dr Andreas Buerkert, from the University of Kassel in Germany, together with DrContinue Reading

by Rohani Mohd Ibrahim, Bernama   The ‘Musang King’ durian from Malaysia is much liked and highly demanded by the people in China and in 2013, the fruit was awarded China’s television stations’ CCTV 10 Best Agriculture Award, says Sean Lee, a Malaysian who runs a cafe chain in China.  Continue Reading

The litchi growers are happy now following a bumper production with lucrative prices of the delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit that has already appeared everywhere in the city.     The city is flooded with stocks from Gumla, Ranchi, Simdega, Khunti and Ramgarh. Orchards in Ranchi district’s Namkum, Bariatu,Continue Reading

by Sunish Jacob Mathew, On Manamara   Conventionally, the fibre of plantain stems has for long been considered to be of no use. But a women’s self-help group in Chennai has proved the conventional wisdom wrong.     They have proved that plantain fibre can be used to weave high-qualityContinue Reading

by Shree Padre, India Together   A new food processing company in Kerala proposes to market innovative products, the success of which could well place the largely neglected jackfruit in the focus of attention of bigger players in the state’s food processing industry.     Artocarpus Foods Private Limited, isContinue Reading

Pineapple production in Medellin has plummeted and producers are trying to place it in the markets of Veracruz, said Lidia Chipuli Lara, president of the Board of Improvements of La Laguna, in that municipality.   “You can see how things are, there have been farmers who lost this year, thereContinue Reading

by Jill Neimark, National Public Radio   The most luscious watermelon the Deep South has ever produced was once so coveted, 19th-century growers used poison or electrocuting wires to thwart potential thieves, or simply stood guard with guns in the thick of night. The legendary Bradford was delectable — butContinue Reading

by Cameron Miculka, Pacific Daily News   Guam’s farmers are working to recover from damage wrought by Typhoon Dolphin, which hit the island with high winds, especially in the north.   Among the most affected are the island’s banana farmers, like Bernard Watson, of Yigo. Typhoon Dolphin took out eightContinue Reading

by Jolynn Francis, The Star Online   Durian lovers and adventurous foodies can expect to binge on more durians this season compared to last year.   Bao Sheng Durian Farm third- generation farmer Chang Zhi Vooi, 21, said this was due to the good weather this year which brought onContinue Reading

The Government says it will be putting $250 million into a project aimed at revitalising banana production for the export market.   The Banana Export Expansion Programme (BEEP) — details of which were provided at an investment forum in Montego Bay recently — targets new and existing farmers in theContinue Reading