TFNet News Compilation (Page 231)

The amount of land used to grow longans has doubled in the past two years, but a lack of supply-chain infrastructure is hampering farmers’ ability to get top dollar for their product, the fruit’s body says.   Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin Longan Farmers’ Community (PLFC), said theContinue Reading

In order to supplement farmers’ incomes and generate revenue during crises such as floods or drought, experts suggested the planting of jackfruit trees and rainwater harvesting at the two-day international symposium titled ‘Jackfruit and Breadfruit in the Tropics: Genetic Diversity, Marketing, Value Addition and Marketing’.   The meet, which commencedContinue Reading

Organic fresh fruits and vegetables are no longer a niche category in Europe as the market progresses quickly and more products are added to the offer, presenting year-round opportunities for suppliers.   According to local distributors, European retailers are focusing increasingly on their organics offerings in direct response to consumerContinue Reading

Jackfruits are rich in nutrients and can be used to make a variety of delicacies, say experts.   In spite of its huge production, its utilisation as food is less than 40 per cent and the rest goes waste, which amounts to approximately `2,000 crore per annum. Jackfruit must beContinue Reading

Taiwan has unveiled a newly developed guava strain that has better quality during summer time, a local breeder said Monday.   The Kaohsiung 2, nicknamed Crispy Pearl, has a stable edible part of 45% all year round, higher than the common Pearl guava at an average 43%, said Chu Yu-chun,Continue Reading

Increasing demand, following reports of health benefits and good prices they fetch, has encouraged several farmers in Kerala to take up mangosteen cultivation.   A number of growers in Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kottayam districts, have planted the saplings of the ‘Queen of the fruit.’   Gestation period   JoshuaContinue Reading

Durian lovers in China can order the King of Fruits via Taobao, the Chinese version of eBay, Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported.   However, it will be an expensive affair if they wish to shop for the fruit online, as the sellers are charging between 160 yuan (about USD 26) and 272Continue Reading

What if a single taste of one fruit — in this case, the durian — changed the course of your entire life?   That’s what happened to Lindsay Gasik and Rob Culclasure, a young couple who visited an Asian grocery store in Eugene, Ore., in 2009 in search of theContinue Reading

Leading the way toward the establishment of more dragon fruit plantations and processing centers in the country, the Philippine Dragon Fruit Growers and Processors National Council was organized recently to make its presence felt in the export market.   Led by its president, multi-awarded farmer scientist and woman entrepreneur EditaContinue Reading

Researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UN) in Palmira have discovered a quick and easy method to enhance yellow dragonfruit crops, with regeneration through organogenesis.   A UN release highlighted that out of around 1,600 species of cactuses, some 35 of them – including dragonfruit – had strong potentialContinue Reading

Orchard farmers in Chanthaburi have been speeding up the harvest to sell their fruit during this time of higher prices.   Fruit growers in the Chanthaburi Klong Narai Subdistrict are harvesting their high quality fruits namely mangosteen, rambutan, durian and longgong, and selling it mostly to wholesalers. The prices forContinue Reading