There is great news for durian lovers – a bumper crop is expected here this year with the hot weather. Although the proper durian season has yet to start, there are already plenty of King of Fruits on offer in the state. Wholesaler Tan Chee Keat, 28, saidContinue Reading
A student and his professor at National Chiayi University have developed a method of using a natural dye extracted from dragon fruit, or pitaya, in the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The proposed pollution-free, low-cost technique has been published in the Feb. 4 edition of the Institute ofContinue Reading
After the heavy rains and floods, banana growers have returned to the Argentine market, which is demanding quality products. The sector is resuming export of 2,800 tons a week to Argentina, but now it must compete against the banana of Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Ecuador, which has a higher qualityContinue Reading
An executive of one of the country’s major pineapple producers recently complained to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati about the difficulties his company encountered in exporting the company’s pineapples to China, one of the world’s largest buyers of tropical fruits. The businessman, who owns a large pineapple plantation inContinue Reading
A team of researchers, including two from the University of California, Riverside, has identified the genes responsible for the hallmark sour taste of many citrus fruits. Published Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, the research could help plant breeders develop new, sweeter varieties. Modern citrus varieties have been bredContinue Reading
West Java’s Bogor region shipped 1,000 tonnes of mangosteen to China this week in a bid to boost mangosteen exports, according to the Jakarta Post. In the 2017 season, Bogor produced 2,938 tonnes of the tropical fruit and exported 1,095 tonnes, a number it’s looking to lift. MangosteenContinue Reading
Colombia is the ninth biggest supplier of exotic fruits worldwide. Thanks to its geographical location and its mountain climate, Colombia’s fruit production has consolidated in the country, and the sector has managed to make its way abroad. However, the international markets demand more than fresh fruit. Exports of processedContinue Reading
For better or for worse, avocados are as intrinsically woven into the “millennial” identity as the impossibility of home ownership and the insurmountable burden of student debt. We eat them, we talk about them and we love them with an unbridled obsession that’s usually reserved for household pets. Continue Reading
English band the Kaiser Chiefs sang about “Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby” and now a north Queensland grower is echoing those strains. Well-known banana grower, the MacKay family, has released Australia’s newest red papaya brand – Ruby Rise Red Papaya. The brand is being pushed by MacKay’s Marketing,Continue Reading
Banana, mango and pineapple production rose in the fourth quarter of 2018, while calamansi production declined during the period, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA, in its Major Fruit Crops Quarterly Bulletin, said that banana production rose 0.6% to 2.42 million metric tons (MT) in the last quarterContinue Reading
Mangoes from Pakistan will remain out of sight this season as fruit dealers in Indore have decided to shun ties with the neighboring country. In protest against Pulwama terror attack, dealers in Choithram fruit market took a call to not place orders with Pakistan. Manohar Dhawan, aContinue Reading
Ecuador is the world’s largest exporter of bananas. The fruit plays just as big a role as oil for the country’s economy and its fight against poverty. Some German discounters seem to care little about that. Latin America and the Caribbean accounted for the highest dollar value worth ofContinue Reading
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