A group of Spanish and Portuguese pitaya producers have set up the Andalusian Cooperative Society (SAC) ‘Pitaya de Andalucía’, through which they intend to promote the cultivation of this tropical fruit in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.Continue Reading
Fruit production in the southern region has expanded by nearly six per cent over the last year, with durian output seeing the most growth at 22 per cent, the Office of Agricultural Economics reported.Continue Reading
While most people are staying at home due to the disruption of day-to-day activities by the Covid-19 pandemic, one couple in Uasin Gishu County is making the best out of it.Continue Reading
Singapore-based Karana announced today it has closed a $1.7 million seed round to further develop its plant-based meat products, the first of which are derived from jackfruit.Continue Reading
Cambodia has exported 147,760 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to the international market this year as of Wednesday, soaring a whopping 150 per cent over the same time last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said on Thursday.Continue Reading
Philippines, one of the most badly hit countries by COVID-19 pandemic across Asia, may see a decline in banana exports moving forward, thanks to the government’s failure to contain the deadly and highly contagious virus.Continue Reading
KN Narayana Gowda, a farmer who would sell his papaya produce at Rs 18 (USD 0.24) per kg before the coronavirus outbreak, says that about 3-4 tonnes of ripening fruits on his 4-acre patch of land comprising 4,000 trees, remain unharvested.Continue Reading
The Cuban Ministry of Agriculture stated that Cuban farmers had a new pineapple variety that is “more resistant to pests and that has better possibilities to be used by the industry.”Continue Reading
Dwindling harvests, drooping demand and export supply chains hit by the coronavirus are biting into Pakistan’s mango industry, with producers of the prized fruit battling to weather a disastrous season.Continue Reading
Colombia, the world’s fourth-largest banana exporter, has maintained production and exports of the yellow fruit to its largest buyers, despite the twin threats of coronavirus and dangerous fungus Fusarium TR4, an industry leader said Friday.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Monogya Loiwal, India Today Fruit vendors in West Bengal are in a fix as they are forced to sell their produce at a relatively lower price than it was sold before the country was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Guava cultivators, who sold their produce at Rs 7-8 perContinue Reading
Prized for its sweet and creamy flesh, the Musang King or Mao Shan Wang durian is one of Malaysia’s most important exports, with 70 per cent of this fruit produced in the state of Pahang and sent to places like mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.Continue Reading