SOURCE: Leilanie Adriano, Philippine News Agency Several dragon fruit growers in Ilocos Norte on Friday expressed concern about a growing pest infestation in their plantations this harvest season. Mildred Dacuycuy, operations manager of REFMAD dragon fruit farms in Barangay Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, said fruit diseases like anthracnose and cankerContinue Reading
A banana freckle outbreak in the Top End has grown to 17 properties, three years after the disease was officially eradicated from the Northern Territory. The fungal disease was detected last month on plants at a residential rural property in the Batchelor region, about100 kilometres south of Darwin. A surveillanceContinue Reading
SOURCE: My Joy Online Ghana’s Pineapple exports to the world registered a decline of 6% in value in 2021 compared to earnings in 2020. According to figures from the Ghana Exports Promotion Authority (GEPA), the exports yielded $29 million in 2021. The country exported $35 million and $31.7 million worthContinue Reading
SOURCE: Juliet Waiswa and Violet Nabatanzi The latest research by the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO-Mak) has revealed that banana bunchy top virus which was first reported in Arua district is likely to affect West Nile region. Presenting the study findings at Golden Trip hotel during a meeting on plantContinue Reading
SOURCE: Agraria.pe TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The 700 new hectares of mango plantations that three large companies in the sector installed a few years ago in the Olmos Valley (Lambayeque) will enter production in the 2022/2023 campaign. After Piura, Lambayeque is Peru’s second-largest mango production area. Lambayeque positioned itself as the third-largestContinue Reading
SOURCE: A. M. Jigeesh, The Hindu Following the footsteps of the Gujarat and Haryana Governments, the Centre has decided to promote the cultivation of dragon fruit, known as a “super fruit” for its health benefits. The Centre feels that considering the cost effectiveness and global demand for the fruit dueContinue Reading
SOURCE: Weixin TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Currently, in the Hainan banana production area, the mainstream price of high-quality products is around 3.2RMB/kg. Since the price of bananas fell, at present, the market has stabilized and there is an upward trend. Affected by typhoon “Siamba”, bananas in some production areas in Hainan wereContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sarah Zimmerman, Supply Chain Dive Mexico is the world’s largest producer of avocados, meaning that a smaller crop out of the country has an outsized impact on global supply. The U.S. imports approximately 90% of its avocado supply, with 88% of all shipments coming from Mexico, according to theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Linda Lew, Bloomberg/The Edge Markets Hong Kong ordered 440 pounds of mangoes imported from Taiwan tossed out after finding traces of coronavirus on the skin of just one of the orange-hued fruits. The move is part of the once vibrant Asian financial hub’s efforts to reduce the risk ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Food World TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to the National Animal and Plant Health and Epidemiology and Quarantine Consulting Office (SPS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the General Administration of Customs of China issued a document agreeing to import passion fruit from Vietnam in a pilotContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zarrah Morden, Malay Mail High demand coupled with limited supply of liquid nitrogen in Malaysia may cut the country’s durian exports, especially to China, hurting revenue for local producers, The Malaysian Insight reported today. Citing Duricious Sdn Bhd founder Simon Chin, the news portal reported that more Malaysian entrepreneursContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Nation Thailand Walking through a plantain field just outside of Porto-Novo in Benin, Hodonou is choosing the right fruits for her next batch of flour, each plantain branch costing from US$2.30 to US$11 depending on the number of bananas per branch. Once she finds everything that she needs,Continue Reading