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
Pineapple peels have become a hot property in Nairobi overnight with most city dwellers flocking their nearest pineapple vendor’s place to obtain the prized commodity. This is after a Facebook user shared a recipe to brew Mexican pineapple beer using the peels and sugar. The recipe, whose procedure entails soakingContinue Reading
The Australian papaya industry is set to crack a record as the harvesting season gets underway. Papaya Australia reported that excellent weather conditions and an increase in plantings had resulted in big numbers for the 2018. President and Mareeba papaya grower, Gerard Kath, said he was looking forward to seeingContinue Reading
Jamaica has been granted permission to export mangoes to the United States, Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw said here on Monday. He said the fruit will have to be prepared under a process commonly referred to as irradiation, which is a food safety measure designed to eliminate disease-carrying bacteria. Continue Reading
Last season the Lusar Tropical company, a company from Huelva that is dedicated to the plantation of tropical fruits, managed to produce more than 300,000 kilos of a native variety of mango that has been adapted to the climate of the area. According to the company, they expect production willContinue Reading
The Federal Government has launched a 20 million banana-planting project, expected to last for 12 months. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, recently, where he stressed that the project is expected to start very soon. “We are lookingContinue Reading
A strategy to boost sales of New Zealand avocados in China has stepped up a gear. New Zealand Avocado, which represents the country’s avocado growers, was granted access to the Chinese market in January 2018. It wants to quadruple sales of NZ avocados to $280m (USD 181 m)Continue Reading
A new project promising to transform the productivity and profitability of the north Australian mango industry, has been unveiled. The three year, $1.3m (USD 0.92) research collaboration between Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), two large commercial mango growers and the Australian Mango Industry Association (AMIA) is theContinue Reading
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