SOURCE: Ryan Finnerty, Hawaii Public Radio With hotels, restaurants, and farmers largely shuttered, demand for fresh, local produce has plummeted. The loss of revenue puts future harvests at risk. Local farmers are experiencing a cash crunch, according to Brian Miyamoto, director of the Hawaii Farm Bureau. He says a wideContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam News Agency The northern province of Bac Giang has granted cultivation area codes to many orchards growing lychee for export to Japan this year, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Nineteen cultivation area codes have been issued to date for 103 ha of lycheeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post The government is set to sell a combined 16,700 tonnes of fruit worth 762 million baht via five modern trade operators during the harvest season. Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Big C, Tesco Lotus, The Mall,Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Star A man is busy unloading boxes of mangoes from the trunk of his four-wheel-drive destined for customers in Johor Baru. While queuing up to use the Pos Laju service, Mohd Azwan Che Seman, 33, can be seen occasionally wiping away the sweat from his brow with theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khmer Times The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued measures to prevent the drop in price of mangoes, which has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ministry. The Ministry said that while the Cambodian government is fighting against the spread of Coronavirus, the diseaseContinue Reading
The Anad agriculture office in association with the marketing cell of the Agriculture Department has launched the Pineapple Challenge to help sell 300 tonnes of pineapple grown by a farmer, Benny, on 25 acres of leased land in Anad grama panchayat. Though the harvest was set to begin last week,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg Get your potassium while you can. The coronavirus pandemic may limit supplies of bananas in Asia. Growers in the Philippines, the world’s second-biggest exporter, said overseas shipments may drop by nearly 40% this year as lockdowns and social distancing measures curb output and transport. The country’sContinue Reading
SOURCE: Pragna L. Krupa, Bangalore Mirror Banana vendors are singing a sad song these days. The real aam aadmi’s fruit (Indian political party), that thousands of people subsist on in the absence of a meal, is scarce. The lockdown has been bad for banana vendors. Not that the production ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Brice R. Mbodiam, Business in Cameroon In March 2020, the two banana producers still operating in Cameroon exported 13,891 tons of the product, according to data from the banana producers’ association Assobacam. Compared with the 19,967 tons the two companies (Plantations du Haut Penja and Boh Plantations Plc) exported inContinue Reading
Source: Costa Rica Noticias Translation: Freshplaza Pineapple growers in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica face millions in losses due to the drop in demand for pineapple in their main export markets, the United States and Europe, which has worsened with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The exportContinue Reading
Source: Annika Durinck, Freshplaza The International Pineapple Organization is a market driven organization with the purpose of bringing together the minds of the pineapple industry. They encompass the whole of the pineapple sector – each step of the supply chain for fresh, cut, and dehydrated pineapple as well as pineappleContinue Reading
SOURCE: Melanie Groves and Charlie McKillop, ABC Rural Australia’s avocado growers are urging brunch lovers to keep up their smashed avo habit at home after a dramatic crash in the market set off by the coronavirus shutdown of cafes and restaurants. The food-service industry is a massive market for avocadoContinue Reading