US lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rethink its position on the use of two medically important antibiotics to treat a disease affecting citrus production. In a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, JD, MBA, yesterday, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) saidContinue Reading
Monsoon is the time when floating guava markets on canals crisscrossing thousands of guava orchards, in Jhalakathi’s Bhimruli and Pirojpur’s Atghar Kuriana under Nesarabad upazila, become alive with visitors from all over the country. A network of canals connects the guava orchards spread out across 30 villages where oneContinue Reading
A Cebuano research intern in the Institute of Biological Chemistry at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan is taking bioplastic a notch higher. Denxybel Montinola, 23, a graduate of Bachelor in Science in Applied Physics of the University of San Carlos (USC) is showcasing his bioplastic derived from mango peelsContinue Reading
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has recently announced the conditions for importing fresh longan from Vietnam to Australia, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia. This means that Vietnamese longan has been allowed to export to Australia, becoming the fourth fruit allowed to exportContinue Reading
Vietnam exported USD 144.2 million worth of fruits and vegetables to China in July, down 44.2 percent year-on-year. This was the strongest decline among Vietnam’s top 10 export markets for fruits and vegetables, with China the biggest market. In the first seven months of the year, Vietnam exported USDContinue Reading
Mozambique and Indonesia signed a new preferential trade agreement (PTA) to lower their tariff barriers, the Indonesian Ministry of Trade announced. They want to boost their trade relations by reducing tariffs on many products traded between the two economies. For example, Mozambique is expected to lower import tariffs onContinue Reading
The country’s banana exports in January to June rose by more than half due to China’s huge appetite for the tropical fruit, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Preliminary export figures released by the PSA showed that shipments in the first half reached record high of 2.165Continue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration, citing eight foodborne illness outbreaks linked to papayas since 2011, has alerted all handlers of the fruit that repeated outbreaks are unacceptable and the industry must take action to step up food safety efforts. The papaya industry also needs to fund research to determineContinue Reading
The banana disease Fusarium wilt Tropical Race IV (TR4) has spread on the three farms in Queensland, Australia, since the initial 2015 detection. But Australia’s Department of Agriculture said the disease (a.k.a. Panama disease) has not spread to other Tulley Valley farms. “The disease has spread uphill andContinue Reading
Organizers of the Asia Fruit Logistica 2019 announced in their website that the event will take place as planned on 4-6 September 2019, with Asiafruit Congress on 3 September 2019. The decision is based on a representative majority of primary exhibitors, whose opinion on whether to continue orContinue Reading
On top of the avocados, kiwis and cape gooseberries they are already growing, Turkish farmers continue to lean toward new alternatives, producing different types of tropical fruit that can easily adapt to the Mediterranean region. Many products are planted in the region, with the most popular being bananas, avocados, passionContinue Reading
To start off, the 200-year-old market is absolutely fascinating! You are surrounded by water and hundreds of boats filled with guavas. If you look above, you can see the blue sky with grey hues. The place is so serene that it feels calm, no matter how much noise you make.Continue Reading
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