SOURCE: Athira M, The Hindu Frozen ripe jackfruit is the latest addition to the growing market of value-added products from jackfruit. Bibil Thomas, a 29-year-old software engineer from Kumily in Idukki district of Kerala, has launched Jackobyte, which retails frozen ripe bulbs of jackfruit with a shelf life of threeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Keely Johnson, ABC News A highly destructive fungal disease known for wiping out entire banana crops, is devastating plantations on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, putting local supply in jeopardy. The disease, Panama disease race 1, is threatening a banana supply shortage of the Lady Finger andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Remar Nordin, Star Online The current monsoon season has not affected the pineapple production in Alor Bukit, Pontian, as farmers made preparations from as early as October to face such weather before the season started. According to pineapple farmer Khalit Kasmoin, 64, their only issue with rain was thatContinue Reading
SOURCE: La Tribuna TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to estimates from the Association of Independent Banana Producers of the Sula Valley, the sector needs to invest nearly 40 million dollars to recuperate from the damage caused by tropical storms Eta and Iota in the country’s plantations and ensure the next fruit harvest,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Carl Collen, Fruitnet Vietnam’s dragon fruit exports fell 10 per cent for the January-November period of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit hard. According to a Vietnam News Agency report, the fall did not stop the fruit dominating the country’s fruit exports, with over USD 1bn in shipments duringContinue Reading
The price of pineapple has fallen to ₹10 (USD 0.14) a kg, leaving farmers in distress. They are now demanding that the government step in and procure the fruit at the support level of at least ₹15 (USD 0.21) a kg. For the record, the State government had promised toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Nhan Dan Vietnam earned US$3.26 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 13%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported. Exports were down because many items with high export value saw volumes fall sharply, such as dragon fruit, which accounts forContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phal Sophanith, Khmer Times From January to Dec. 15, 2020, Cambodia has exported some 945,274 tonnes of fresh mangoes to foreign markets, with an estimated total value of some $473,207,700. The figures were shared in a preliminary report on the progress of major agro-industrial crop production in 2020, byContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ebrahim Harris, Reuters Malaysian researchers have developed a method to transform the fibre found in normally discarded pineapple leaves to make a strong material that can be used to build the frames for unmanned aircraft, or drones. The project, headed by Professor Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan at Malaysia’s PutraContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Keo Romiet mangoes remain on target to be directly exported to the Chinese market from early next year after the economic powerhouse penned an agreement in June that set up a 500,000 tonne quota for the Kingdom’s widely-available fruit. Hun Lak, the CEO of RichfarmContinue Reading
SOURCE: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Inquirer Talks for a new free trade deal with South Korea hit a snag anew, with parties failing to come to terms on the issue of market access. Negotiations are expected to drag further until a deal is made by the first quarter of 2021—atContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tehran Times Iran has imported 308,970 tons of banana worth USD 210.32 million during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Ruhollah Latifi said the nine-month import equals the wholeContinue Reading