The year was 1914, and two fruit growers went to Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles to buy one of the new fruits they’d been hearing so much about. They were expensive at $1 each, and they had an unusual name: the Alligator Pear. Undaunted, the growers slicedContinue Reading
Brazil has sent its first-ever mango shipment to South Africa, following an export agreement recently reached between the two countries after three years of negotiations. The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) reported that South Africa has now opened its market for mangoes grown in the SãoContinue Reading
Israel’s MediWound Ltd., a biotech firm that makes burn and wound treatments, said that it has received a new contract for up to $43 million from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to adapt its lead product, a gel based on pineapple enzymes for the treatment ofContinue Reading
A promotional event was held in New Delhi, India on September 25 to advertise dragon fruit from the south central province of Bình Thuận in an effort to expand ties between agricultural exporters from Việt Nam and India. Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Tôn Sinh ThanhContinue Reading
Mango peel could be used to break down oil sludge, according to new research. University of South Australia researcher Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw has proven an extract of the fruit’s peel can be used to “synthesise” the material that can break down contaminated soil. Currently, boron hydride isContinue Reading
Sabah’s native fruits such as tarap, bambangan, durian dalit or red-fleshed durian and many other wild fruit species have great market potential but remain economically untapped, said the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal. He said tropical fruits like pineapples, durians, bananas and avocadoes also had huge marketContinue Reading
A severe strike in Costa Rica over the last two weeks has heavily affected the banana and pineapple industries, with the latter suffering multi-million dollar losses. The standstill by the country’s unions began on Sept. 10 in response to the government’s proposed tax reforms which would mean an increaseContinue Reading
When Telesphore Ruzigamanzi, a smallholder banana farmer from a remote village in Eastern Rwanda, discovered a peculiar yellowish hue on his crop before it started to dry up, he did not give it the due consideration it deserved. “I was thinking that it was the unusually dry weather causingContinue Reading
The disastrous situation of the Yucatan agriculture and livestock sectors is seen in the drastic fall of products in which the state used to be a leader, although the government invested a considerable capital in them in the last ten years and now it is not known with precision whereContinue Reading
Most Nagaland farmers are dependent, directly or otherwise, on pineapple cultivation Lhingnei and her husband Thongkeng work in a pineapple farm at Muolvom village in Nagaland’s Medziphema division, a place famous for pineapples. Monsoon being the peak season for harvest, the couple work tirelessly, from morning till evening, withContinue Reading
The abundance of citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines has harmed papaya producers in Manabí. Prices have dropped from 60 cents to 30 cents, leading consumers to purchase more citrus instead of papaya that is sold depending on weight. The producers of San Vicente have acceptedContinue Reading
According to estimates, in the 2018/2019 campaign, Peru will export 180 thousand tons of fresh mango, i.e. 13% less than the record 207 thousand tons it dispatched in the previous season. This was stated by the president of the Peruvian Association of Producers of Mango (ProMango), Angel Gamarra Condori,Continue Reading
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