SOURCE: Lo Tern Cheng Durians may cost more in the coming harvest season this April due to a spike in the cost of fertilisers and pesticides. Farmer Max Goh, 46, said the price of multiple kinds of fertiliser used on his farm of about 400 trees has gone up byContinue Reading
SOURCE: Deepa Shivaram, NPR The U.S. Department of Agriculture is resuming inspections of avocados from Mexico, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City announced Friday. The move allows the U.S. to resume imports of the popular fruit, which had been temporarily halted for nearly a week. The ban, which went intoContinue Reading
SOURCE: Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet Mexico is set to export around 61.66m cartons of fresh mangoes to the US market in 2022, a similar volume to last year. The quality of the crop is reported to be excellent. Eduardo Castillejos, president of the Association of Mango Exporters of Mexico (Emex), saidContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daiji World India’s pineapple exports rose by almost 100 per cent to $3.26 million during the April-December period in 2021, compared to $1.63 million recorded in the corresponing period of 2013, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry informed on Monday. The major export destinations last year were the UAEContinue Reading
SOURCE: Kasan M., Bangsamoro The start of commercial operations of the state-of-the-art pineapple packing plant of Wao Development Corporation (WDC), a subsidiary of multinational fruit company, Dole Philippines, Inc. (Dolefil), was formally launched thru a ceremonial ribbon cutting by the officials from the Regional Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) onContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lottie Limb, Euronews Banana peels zapped with a powerful lamp can be instantly turned into renewable energy, scientists have discovered. This new method of extracting hydrogen – also possible with corn cobs, coffee beans and coconut shells – could be a significant way of boosting supplies of the gasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liza Sambrano, Expreso TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The presidents of Ecuador and the People’s Republic of China, Guillermo Lasso and Xi Jinping, reached an agreement in the Memorandum of Understanding for the signing of a Free Trade Agreement. This trade agreement would be very important for the Ecuadorian banana sector asContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Agriculture has urged farmers and investors to adopt more effective off-season mango cultivation techniques and modern agricultural practices to ramp up exports to the European market, as a practicable alternative to mainland China. Ngin Chhay, head of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dominican Today According to preliminary evaluations made by the Ministry of Agriculture, at least a thousand rice plantations and some banana plantations were affected by the floods in Monte Cristi. A commission appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, determined that so far it has not been possibleContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mike Knowles, Fruitnet British foodservice multinational Compass Group has banned the use of airfreight for the procurement of fresh fruit and vegetables across its entire UK and Ireland operation. The decision, which follows a similar move within its UK sports venue and hospitality arm, means the company’s sourcing divisionContinue Reading
SOURCE: Philip K, Produce Report Between 2010 and 2019, durian consumption in China grew at a relatively rapid pace, maintaining an average annual growth rate of more than 16%. According to customs data, this trend continued into 2021, with China’s durian imports between January and November reaching a volume ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Amit Melawar, Tech Explorist Lychee is an important tropical fruit tree species worldwide and a valuable fruit for which the edible portion is an aril. Lychee is cultivated in over 20 countries, an integral part of local economies. Its desirable characteristics include an outstanding nutritional profile, exotic flavor, andContinue Reading