Chinese consumers have embraced the craze for the fruit only in recent years, but that is making life ever more difficult in one of its source countries, the programme China’s Growing Appetite finds out. It is a superfood, packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre. And in China, avocado hasContinue Reading
The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) plans to link Thailand’s central fruit markets with those of China to expand the trading channel for Thai fruits, Whichai Phochanakij, the department’s director-general, said recently. “The central markets the DIT aims to link are those being promoted by the DIT, ” heContinue Reading
The amount of damage and losses to agriculture caused by Taal Volcano continuing activity has ballooned to P3.17 billion (USD63 million), the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported over the weekend. The amount covers 15,790 hectares of agricultural lands and production losses of 43,772 metric tons (MT), according to the DA-disasterContinue Reading
Saint Lucia will be branding its bananas as a premium agricultural product as part of strategic efforts as it related to the island’s banana industry. On Monday, cabinet met with high level officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to discuss the industry. “The main focus of this meetingContinue Reading
Mansour Rajeb is wrapping a plastic protective sheet around the branch of a date palm in his oasis near the village of Bchelli, in southern Tunisia. Tying it up, he lingers. “I’m worried,” he says. “The quality is getting worse. The dates are getting drier.” Like thousands of farmers acrossContinue Reading
Musang King cultivation is expected to grow by 50 per cent in the next two years from 36 per cent presently to meet high demand from countries like China and increase the earnings of durian farmers. A survey has shown there are 1.576 million durian trees in peninsular Malaysia,Continue Reading
Vietnam’s exports of fruit and vegetables reached more than US$3.7 billion in 2019, down 1.9% compared to 2018, which was mainly due to the sharp decline in export quantity and revenue regarding the Chinese market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Although China remained the leadingContinue Reading
If you love a lychee but hate a seed, we have good news for you. Tibby Dixon, a farmer from Sarina Beach in Far North Queesland, has successfully developed Australia’s first ever seedless lychee. But it hasn’t been without hard work. Dixon spent USD5,000 on just one fruit tree from ChinaContinue Reading
A Moanalua family is claiming their tree produced a world record-setting fruit. The Nishimura family says their 50-year-old tree made a massive jabong, the fruit which is also known as pomelo. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest pomelo weighed 10 pounds 11.3 ounces.Continue Reading
The idea of creating a tropical cave appeared in a flash to a journalist from Tartus city, Syria in 2013. Hasan, is a passionate journalist and photographer, whose job led him to places in Syria where tropical plants were planted anyhow and all over the place but not properly lookedContinue Reading
Japan’s recent decision of importing Vietnamese “thieu” lychee is expected to open new doors for this fruit, according to Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Japan Ta Duc Minh. “Thieu” lychee is Vietnam’s fourth fresh fruit licensed to be exported to Japan after dragon fruit, mango and banana, Minh told theContinue Reading
Ukraine in 2019, according to preliminary estimates of the Ukrainian Horticultural Association (UHA), imported 270,000-275,000 tonnes of bananas into the country, which is 8-9 percent more than the previous record set in 2018. According to a report on the association’s website, in 2019 every resident of Ukraine consumed anContinue Reading
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