The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has invaded the Americas — the source of much of the world’s banana supply. The invasion has given new urgency to efforts to create fruit that can withstand the scourge. Continue Reading
In Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, in 2017, there were around 6,000 hectares of dragon fruit plants, concentrating in Cho Gao District. Since 2018 to now, although the price of dragon fruits has continuously marched down and investment cost is extremely high which is around VND250-VND350 million per hectare,Continue Reading
With the aim of improving the state of Michoacan’s mango production chain, the Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Food Development (Sedrua) will implement processes and training among producers to improve the market and achieve more competitive sales. In this last season, the price paid to mango producers from MichoacanContinue Reading
President of the NT Mango Industry Association, Leo Skliros, said a number of mango farms, which were busy harvesting, had lost trees to fire during a horror few days in Darwin’s rural area. “We’ve heard of one farm that’s lost one-third of their property, so probably around 2,000 [mangoContinue Reading
Struggling African banana producers called on the European Union on Friday not to cut tariffs on imports from Latin America any further. Exporters in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) have been losing market share since 2009, when the EU agreed to progressively cut tariffs on bananas from biggerContinue Reading
Mango is likely to be the next product that Cambodia exports directly to China, according to an official of the Agriculture Ministry. The ministry recently called on farmers growing ‘prioritized’ agricultural goods to register with the ministry in exchange for assistance to help them meet China’s stringent sanitary andContinue Reading
Climate change has been relatively kind to banana suppliers so far – but in the decades to come, friend may turn to foe. Temperatures are likely to get so hot that the annual production gains enjoyed by banana suppliers will begin to drop. And in some places, total banana yieldsContinue Reading
Turkey’s leading aid provider, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), is lending a hand to Guineans in improving their production of pineapples, a main source of income for farmers in the West African nation. In rural areas of Kindia, the country’s fourth-largest city, the agency has cleared 100Continue Reading
Fruit sellers have complained about the lack of mangoes on the market due to declining production in the last few years. Mangoes are one of the rare fruits, mostly due to local trees that have been affected by ‘strange’ diseases, with only a few professional farmers managing to control them. Continue Reading
Taronga’s Western Plains Zoo is trucking in pineapple plants from a farm 900 kilometres away to help feed its elephants as the drought bites hard in New South Wales. The Dubbo-based attraction sourced the nutritious spiky plants from south-east Queensland’s Piñata Farms, which has been supplying them to itsContinue Reading
The first batch of late-ripening longan of Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district is scheduled to reach Melbourne city, Australia, on September 6, the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Longan is the fourth type of fruit, together with litchi, mango and dragon fruits, licensed to be imported intoContinue Reading
Climate change may lead to a significant decline in banana production in India, the world’s largest cultivator and consumer of the crop, according to a study. Bananas are recognized as the most important fruit crop, providing food, nutrition and income for millions in both rural and urban areas acrossContinue Reading
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