SOURCE: Thailand Business News Mango orchard owners in Thailand’s northern province of Phitsanuloke are seeking help from the provincial administration to promote the sale of their sweet fruit, particularly Barracuda Mango variety. They complain that, because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, their mangoes are not being exported, due to fewerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Angulo TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Mexico produced 1,209,000 tons of pineapples in 2020, i.e. 16.2% more than in the previous year according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), positioning the country as the world’s ninth biggest producer of this fruit. This growth follows the trend inContinue Reading
Andhra Pradesh is going bananas with its banana production. The state, which is India’s largest producer of the humble fruit, is surpassing its own records, thanks to a series of initiatives both by the government and private sector in the last three years.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Lisa Marie Corso, ABC Netball, cricket and soccer are all on-field sports we love, but there’s also an off-field sport we take just as seriously: the search for the perfect avocado. We take our avocados home. We wait for them to ripen. We smear them on toast, put themContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam News The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has granted a Geographical Indication (GI) certificate to lychees grown in Lục Ngạn District in the northern province of Bắc Giang, making it the first Vietnamese product to obtain the certificate in Japan, according to the provincial newsContinue Reading
Chinese companies are seeking to lease 3,200–4,800 hectares of land around Vientiane, the country’s capital, to establish durian plantations, with the ultimate goal of exporting the fruit back to China once official export approval has been obtained.Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Hindu Crisis triggered by a dip in demand Banana and tapioca farmers across the district are facing a steep fall in prices owing to a dip in demand, though banana farmers are looking forward to a slight improvement in the situation after March, ahead of the Onam season.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Infobae TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Panfilo Ayala, director of the Argentine Agrarian Federation and a reference for the Laguna Naineck subsidiary, stated that many banana producers in the province of Formosa, in northeastern Argentina, are quitting the activity because of its lack of profitability. “Lack of profitability is a long-standing problem.Continue Reading
Australian banana growers who have lost up to 100 per cent of their crop to cyclonic winds are calling for urgent assistance from the Queensland and Federal Governments.Continue Reading
Open and transparent food commodity markets and efficient supply chains are paramount to ensure that everyone has access to adequate, safe and nutritious food during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at the opening of the 74th Session of the FAO’s Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP).Continue Reading
Pineapples, along with mangoes, dragon fruit, and bananas, have met the requirements to be served at the Tokyo Olympics.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Emily F, Produce Report According to local Cambodian news outlets, in late February Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries submitted a list of 25 mango farms and 3 mango packing facilities to China’s General Administration of Customs for inspection. The Cambodian authorities were hopeful that the GAC wouldContinue Reading