Last January, I visited a friend and took pictures of her mango tree that was covered with flowers. A few weeks later we talked on the phone and she told me the flowers had fallen without turning into fruit. She jokingly said that by taking pictures I had put aContinue Reading
In half of the world’s countries, vitamin A deficiency is a scourge that leaves disease and death in its wake. Every year, it inflicts between 250,000 and 500,000 helpless and malnourished young people with early-life blindness. And in half of those cases, it also brings death, according to theContinue Reading
The first fresh fruit programme to get Primary Growth Partnership funding from the Government is now up and running with the goal of tripling avocado industry productivity in 10 years. The big vision for the New Zealand Avocados Go Global programme is to triple productivity to 12 tonnes aContinue Reading
Australia will produce its largest avocado crop this year, with a forecast 65,000 tonnes to be harvested. Avocados Australia chief executive officer John Tyas says the local industry has been growing steadily for a number of years. “Western Australia, in particular, is a fairly new part of theContinue Reading
Farmers in western Japan have started shipping square-shaped watermelons to locations across Japan and overseas. A farmer in Kagawa prefecture, southwestern Japan, produced the product about 30 years ago. The square-shaped watermelons are to be used as display ornaments. On Wednesday, farmers in Zentsuuji city preparedContinue Reading
The dry weather is driving the prices of watermelon up by at least 40%. What used to cost about RM1.10 (USD 0.34) per kg for a grade A (the highest grade) watermelon, now costs between RM1.30 (USD 0.40) and RM1.40 (USD 0.44). Despite the increase in the price,Continue Reading
Ecuadorian scientist Diego Quito Ávila has identified a new virus in papaya plantations that had not yet been reported internationally, through the process of plant virology. As part of the Prometheus Project (Proyecto Prometeo in Spanish), a government initiative, he has been working closely with commercial growers to determine howContinue Reading
Heaps of the last of ripe Formosa pineapples—the rejects of the season—sat waiting for buyers on farmer Winnie Palero’s yard at the Gawad Kalinga community as it rained gently in this provincial capital for the first time this month. Like a picturesque depiction of growing up on a farm,Continue Reading
Discovery of fruit fly infested mangoes in one of the shipment from Pakistan in the United Kingdom (UK) has threatened import of Pakistani mangoes to the European Union this year. Concerned authorities in Pakistan had made bold claims that all the necessary measures have been taken to ensure quality controlContinue Reading
Mango trees in the Ord Valley in the Western Australian Kimberley, are beginning to flower and farmers in the region are hopeful of a good season. Last year was the worst season on record for some growers, but it’s expected this year will make up for those poor yields.Continue Reading
Mango experts, farmers, academia and researchers showed a great concern over the fast decreasing mango orchards in Sindh. Speaking at a two-day “Conceptual Workshop on Pre- and Post-Harvest Management Interventions”, growers said they are facing field problems, like lack of orchard management practices, water shortage and attack of fruitContinue Reading
The climate change is compelling the growers of banana in Sindh to switch to other crops, observed researchers. “We are facing extreme weather, like the severity of the previous winter, which destroyed banana gardens and growers were replacing the crop in many areas,” Prof Qazi Suleman Memon, who isContinue Reading
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