New Zealand imports about 72,000 tonnes of bananas annually, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Each New Zealander eats around 18kg of bananas a year – an estimated cost of about $88 per household, or more than $142 million a year. New Zealand imports more bananasContinue Reading
A natural compound found in mangosteens could be the answer to provide a new drug in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), according to a study by researchers from National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine). Researchers found that xanthones, with its anti-oxidant and anti-bacterialContinue Reading
Normally, the salak skin would be thrown in the trash. However, under the hands of a junior high school known as Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) Muhammadiyah Programme Course or Program Khusus (PK), the skin can now be made into a refreshing drink. This processing was done by 30 students who came together underContinue Reading
Lampung Town- The Pondoh Salak comodities had initially thought to have originated from Yogyakarta identical from Yogyakarta, but had turned out not to be true. At Kabupaten Pesawaran salak were grown by Bumi Adnan and were able to produce pondoh salak which has unique characteristics. Pondoh Salak producing districtContinue Reading
Bojonegoro (beritajatim.com) – Hundreds of people looked happy. Despite the long wait, their spirits were not dampened as they awaited the loads of salak that will be paraded. The loads of approximately four meters high was made with a pile of hundreds of the fruits. This was the people’sContinue Reading
In the throes of a prolonged dry spell, the people of Karnataka may have something to cheer about with the early arrival of mangoes this year. Prolonged drought in the State has induced flowering in mango trees, resulting in the arrival of the fruit three months before season. However,Continue Reading
Chocolate lovers could soon have a harder time satisfying their sweet tooth. Worldwide demand for this mouth-watering treat is outstripping the production of cocoa beans, its primary ingredient. But in a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that compounds found in jackfruit seeds produceContinue Reading
In a fit of fancy over half a century ago, Sam Panopoulos and his brother tossed some canned pineapple onto a pizza in their southwestern Ontario restaurant. Little did he know he would be inventing one of the most popular – and divisive and debated – pizzas in theContinue Reading
Avocado farmers in the rolling hillsides of Mexico’s Michoacan state are not worried for now by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to tear up a trade deal which could make the favorite snack of Super Bowl viewers more expensive. Americans will chomp through huge amounts of avocados mashed intoContinue Reading
Citrogold general manager Bryan Offer says there are currently trial plantings of the RHM in Chile, the U.S., Spain and “selected Mediterranean countries”, but the furthest ahead is definitely his native South Africa. “South Africa at this stage is the furthest advanced outside of Australia. The firstContinue Reading
Two major Peruvian mango growers say abundant flowering this season is likely to push up year-on-year production and export figures by nearly a third. Speaking to www.freshfruitportal.com at the Expoalimentaria trade fair held in the capital Lima last week, a representative of Piura-based Dominus said a mild winter wasContinue Reading
by Annie Guest, abc news Mangosteen has long been used in traditional medicine in South-East Asia, and now Australian researchers hope to prove that its antioxidants could ease psychosis and other symptoms. Present day medication for schizophrenia can have some unpleasant side effects, and researchers are hoping thatContinue Reading
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