TFNet News Compilation (Page 250)

Peruvian exports of fruit totaled US$ 702 million between January and August 2013, a 15.2 percent increase over the same period last year, according to Exporters Association (Adex).   According to figures from Business Intelligence System Adex Data Trade, the amount recorded was due to a rise in demand from the NetherlandsContinue Reading

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization finalized an agreement Friday to collaborate with the world’s largest body of small food producers, La Via Campesina. “The agreement marks a milestone in the relationship between FAO and civil society organizations, as La Via Campesina is the movement that brings together theContinue Reading

A European study analyzes the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of mortality. As previous research has already suggested, this study concludes that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality, and especially cardiovascular disease mortality. The benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption are not a new discovery.Continue Reading

The Port makes its mark drawing thousands to its community wide Banana Festival, A Celebration of a Diverse Working Port on September 28th.   Port President, Commissioner Jason Hodge noted, “We are most pleased so many people came to the Port to celebrate our community’s gateway to the world. WeContinue Reading

Source: Business World Online   Small banana farmers will earn more if they shift from aerial to manual or ground spraying, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS). The unpublished study, “Financial Assessment of Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spray in Banana Plantations inContinue Reading

Source: GMA News    Fruit grower and canner Del Monte Pacific Limited is going full blast into fresh pineapple exports, expanding its core business of selling processed products under the Del Monte brand, company officials said Monday. “What we are promoting is fresh pineapple… It’s better than the processed pineapple,”Continue Reading

Source: Science Daily   Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies’ blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host’s defenses. “We believe that we have discovered an important component of cellular immunity, one thatContinue Reading

Source: LA Times On the night of May 13 a documentary called “The Fruit Hunters” premiered at the Laemmle Monica 4. The fascinating (and taste-tempting) film was directed by Yung Chang and features actor Bill Pullman, who has been cultivating a vertical orchard at his home in the Hollywood Hills for nearly 20 years.Continue Reading

Source: Manila Bulletin   Now that the rains are just around the corner, prepare your fruit tree planting materials. In doing so, don’t just get any available seedling. Fruit trees take several years before they bear fruit so it is important that what you plant are the varieties with superiorContinue Reading

Source: Ghana Web   The Central Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has launched a GH¢1.2 million organic Sugar-Loaf Pineapple growing project at Essarkyir in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. The project, which is jointly sponsored by Japan and the Central Regional Development Commission, (CEDECOM) is aimed at expandingContinue Reading