TFNet News Compilation (Page 219)

The banana growers at different upazilas in the district are overjoyed, as they are making handsome profit by cultivating the crop on their lands in recent years.   According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), different varieties of banana are being grown abundantly in the district including Malbhog, Sagor,Continue Reading

The timing of the U.S. market opening couldn’t have been better for Australian litchi growers, who have seen their bumper crop running much later than normal.   In a release, grower-owned litch supplier representative The Avolution said while the harvest normally began in Far North Queensland in October, this year’sContinue Reading

by Parthasarathi Biswas, Indian Express   Ahead of another mango season, the Pune fruit market is staring at a likely loss. Traders and farmers have not forgotten last year’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raids that destroyed lakhs of mangoes for using calcium carbide to hasten the ripening process. They saidContinue Reading

by Laiqh A. Kahn, The Hindu   Until a few years ago, the harvest of mangoes used to alternate between ‘on year’ – when yield is bountiful – and ‘off year’, when the yield is scarce. This is no longer the case in Mysuru, say Horticulture Department officials in Mysuru.Continue Reading

by Marc Nkwame, Daily News   A programme aiming to assist banana and sweet potato growers in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia in securing reliable markets was launched here, targeting to benefit nearly 100,000 families in Tanzania alone.   The four-year initiative dubbed ‘SeFaMaCo,’ short for ‘Seed-Farmer-Markets Consumer,’ funded by BillContinue Reading

Pomelo farming in Nakhon Si Thammarat is facing a bleak future as heavy rains and inundation intensifies.   Local media reported that continuous rainfalls in the province have led to persistent inundation, causing damage to a large area of farmland and diminishing agricultural produce, particularly that of the famous TubtimContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   Dominica’s agriculture minister Johnson Drigo has revealed that the country is looking overseas for help in its battle against the deadly Black Sigatoka banana disease.   The country is set to import Black Sigatoka-resistant plants from the French Caribbean to aid farmers, the Caribbean JournalContinue Reading

by Gillian Ferguson, Los Angeles Magazine   If there were a contest for the weirdest fruit at the farmers’ market, cherimoyas would take home the gold. The name alone is a hurdle, and then there’s the fruit itself. The skin is at once bright and murky, like an old lime-green SeahawksContinue Reading

by Matt Brann, ABC.net Rural   It’s been a long wait for rambutan fans, but the harvest has finally started in the Northern Territory.   Kerry Eupene grows the tropical fruit in Darwin’s rural area and said it was great to finally be in the orchards picking.     “It’s theContinue Reading

India’s mango exports are expected to rise by 40-50 per cent next fiscal following lifting of ban on import by the European Union, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said.   “The lifting of ban by the European Union will boost mango exports. The country’s overall exports are expected to increase by 40-50 per cent next fiscal,” SinghContinue Reading

From Asia, the red ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) has proved its damaging potential in Florida, where it attacked different varieties of trees of the laurel family, including avocado, resulting in death.   Because of the territorial proximity, Mexico has taken actions for the detection and subsequent biological control of theContinue Reading