SOURCE: Jill Houser, Freshplaza Australian lychee growers were fortunate the season had just finished before the widespread rain and flooding that impacted Queensland and New South Wales, meaning that while properties were affected, all the fruit had been picked for the year. In late February and early March, heavy rainContinue Reading

An exotic plant pest known as mango shoot looper has been officially detected in the Northern Territory for the first time, putting the region’s mango industry on alert. The moth species, originally from Asia, had not been found in Australia until a detection in Queensland in September. When in itsContinue Reading

SOURCE: Voun Dara, Phnom Penh Post Pivoting from cutting bamboos to collecting non-timber forest products, nearly all of the working-age population of Taken commune in Kampot province’s Chhouk district have been working on the banana plantations of Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd since 2017. Unlike recent claims made in international media,Continue Reading

SOURCE: Asociacion RUVID, Phys A group of researchers from the University of Alicante Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences has been working, since the end of 2021, on a project on development of natural bioaromas to increase the shelf life of fresh food and reduce food waste. TheContinue Reading

SOURCE: Inès Magoum, Afrik21 The Egyptian government is expanding its partnership with Australia to recycle banana waste. The two countries are tackling this agricultural waste as Egypt prepares to host the 27th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP27) in November 2022. In Egypt, summer is usually synonymous withContinue Reading