SOURCE: Megan Hughes, ABC Whether they are on the barbecue, in a fritter at your favourite takeaway, or fresh in a fruit salad, pineapples are synonymous with a tropical Australian summer. But an undersupply in the domestic market after a tumultuous few years has piqued the interest of international growers.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Jing Zang, Produce Report From June onward, especially after the Dragon Boat Festival, banana prices in China typically decline owing to an influx of other seasonal fruits. However, in June of this year, farm gate prices for bananas increased compared with May across major producing regions, with the exceptionContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phys.org Papaya farmers in Kenya are turning to a novel solution to combat the devastating papaya mealybug pest—parasitic wasps. The mealybug, native to Central America, is a rapidly spreading crop pest that has been wreaking havoc on papaya crops in Kenya since 2015, causing significant economic losses for smallholderContinue Reading
SOURCE: Thi Ha, Vietnam Express Vietnam exported 355,000 tons of bananas to China in the first four months of this year, the highest by any country to that market. This was 2.4 times the volume shipped by the second biggest exporter, the Philippines, and accounted for 48.6% of China’s bananaContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal South Korean fruit imports have been at an all-time high in these past couple of months, according to Korea Customs Service trade statistics. The government has been spearheading an effort to diversify supply to alleviate the high fruit prices of apples and pears, which are theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hong Chau, VNExpress Mangosteen, mini durian, snake fruit, and rambutan imported from Thailand are 30-40% cheaper than a year ago since supply is high. Loan, who runs a shop that sells imported fruits in HCMC, said Thai fruits have never been as cheap as they are this year. MangosteenContinue Reading
SOURCE: Viridiana Hernández Fernández, University of Iowa/ The Conversation Consumers’ love for avocados in the United States seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to over 8 pounds per person yearly. On average, 90% of those avocadosContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hindustan Times The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the central food regulatory body, on Saturday issued a fresh warning to traders against using calcium carbide for artificially ripening mangoes, citing serious health risks. The FSSAI has alerted fruit traders, handlers, and Food Business Operators (FBOs) operatingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Deccan Herald Sheraz Maqsood, one of the biggest fruit farmers in Khanewal, Punjab province told PTI that this year due to various reasons, climate change among them, the production of mangoes in Punjab province is down by almost 30-35% while in Sindh, it is less by 20%. Already batteredContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hong Chau, VN Express Mini durians from Thailand are being sold at VND65,000 (US$2.55) per kilogram, half their price last year. Trang, an online fruit vendor in HCMC, said she buys around 85-100 boxes of 20 fruits at a time and sells them for VND65,000-130,000. Another vendor, Thanh, sellsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Gloria Oladipo, The Guardian A limited-edition pineapple priced at $395 – a cost many would find exorbitant – is being sold at a southern California produce store as the bustling specialty fruit market expands. While the average family may not be able to spring for the costly fruit, theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Opalyn Mok, Malay Mail Penang may be famous for the Unesco heritage city of George Town and the biosphere reserve up on Penang Hill but come June, hordes of visitors from all over South-east Asia and beyond will descend on the island state for its durians. Between the monthsContinue Reading