SOURCE: K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj, The Hindu There is bad news for mango lovers eagerly awaiting the arrival of the king of fruits; the mango season is delayed by nearly a month and owing to widespread crop damage, the yield is expected to be less than half of the usual. ThisContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Vietnam exported more than 600,000 tonnes of mangoes worth US$310 million to 53 countries and territories last year, up by almost half from 2020. They went to Russia, the US, South Korea, the EU, Australia, and China among others, with shipments to difficult markets like Japan triplingContinue Reading
SOURCE: CGTN Xuwen County is located in southern China’s Guangdong Province, surrounded by the ocean on three sides. But it’s not the ocean or beach that this county is famous for – it’s the pineapples.” Xuwen County is the biggest producer of pineapples in China, accounting for about one thirdContinue Reading
SOURCE: KA Martin, The Hindu Pineapple prices are moving up with summer season demand rising in the north Indian cities. The price of the raw fruit had gone up to ₹39 and ₹41 (USD 0.51-0.54) a kg and ripe fruit fetched up to ₹44 (USD 0.58) a kg, said JohnContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jie Shuyi, Yicai Global The Philippines may soon no longer be China’s biggest banana supplier as exports to the country sank 25 percent last year from the year before amid surging production costs and lengthier transport times, giving other banana exporters the chance to seize market share. It usedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Business Insider One in four women in India don’t have the supplies they need for their period. One startup is turning farm waste into biodegradable pads that could prevent the mountains of plastic trash conventional pads create.Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Vietnam has completed negotiations on quarantine and is waiting for a licence on the official export of durian to China. This will help Vietnamese durian have sustainable consumption, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. China is still the largest export market of Vietnamese durian,Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Malaysia Reserve The arrival of the Harumanis mango season in May is definitely awaited by many, especially the fruit orchard operators and growers who are now busy making preparations to welcome tourists and fruit enthusiasts. With the recent announcement of the reopening of the country’s borders on AprilContinue Reading
SOURCE: Free Malaysia Today In Malaysia, the durian sits atop its throne, long-hailed as the King of Fruits. Outside the country, however, it has a less favourable reputation – if it is seen in foreign markets at all. As it turns out, not every foreigner shares a distaste for theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mercopress Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. “We request that the President of the Republic, with the surpluses from oilContinue Reading
SOURCE: Marco Campos, Produce Blue Book Colombia exported 2,376 tons of avocados to the U.S. last year, and in 2022 plans to increase that by 30 percent. Jorge Enrique Restrepo, executive director of Corpohass, told Bloomberg Linea that with this plan, growers project exports to the U.S. to continue toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ecuador Times The banana producers propose to the Government the creation of a contingency fund with their own financing (from the banana producers themselves), through the withholding of $0.05 per box sold to minimize the losses that may be caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine. This alternativeContinue Reading