Fruits News (Page 194)

Britain’s growing army of avocado lovers are facing hefty increases in the cost of their favourite healthy salad food, according to a new report.   Prices of avocado, which is increasingly popular with health-conscious Britons, could be set for a steep hike as global demand rockets, the latest research shows.  Continue Reading

by Jaskirat S. Bawa, The Quint   For decades, consignments of Muzaffarpur’s famous Shahi Lychee would be sent to New Delhi marked for the President, the Prime Minister and various other dignitaries.   Not this year.   2015 saw one of the worst harvests of Lychee in years, owing to excessiveContinue Reading

by Ona, Times of Oman   Ba’ad village in the wilayat of Al Mudhaibi in the Governorate of North Al Sharqiyah is one of the most important agricultural villages in Oman, thanks to the high fertility of its soil and availability of fresh water.   Despite its limited agricultural land,Continue Reading

On the back of Joyvio’s moves into kiwifruit and blueberries over the last couple of years, the Chinese produce giant has now launched its own line of bananas.   As of Oct. 25, Joyvio-branded bananas imported from the Philippines have been entering major cities across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai and Dalian.Continue Reading

The support that the Radville Farms Outgrower Project gave to farmers, has been credited as one of the reasons for the increase in mango production in Greater Banjul Area.   The project provided farmers with D6,000 worth of harvesting trays and the mango processing machine was extended.   Food farmingContinue Reading

Pitaya, also known as dragon fruit, is being cultivated for the first time in the northern part of Bangladesh thanks to favourable growing conditions. It usually grows in Southeast Asian as well as Central and South American countries.     Horticulture Centre of the Department of Agriculture Extension is promotingContinue Reading

Mexican industry association Propapaya says growers who have been able to reach their farms in the wake of Hurricane Patricia are reporting fruit losses of between 50-80%.   The category 5 hurricane struck Mexico’s Pacific coast late last week, affecting agricultural production to varying degrees in the states of Jalisco,Continue Reading

by Tom McBrien, The Michigan Reporter   The banana: a favorite fruit, a preferred source of potassium and the source of a molecule that could fight some of the world’s deadliest viruses.   Scientists have known for years that a protein inside bananas called banana lectin, or BanLec, has powerful antiviralContinue Reading

Agriculture experts have advised the farmers to complete the plantation of lychee saplings in their orchards in September and October.   The tasty fruit of lychee is grown on 295 hectares in Punjab and delivers 1,811 tonnes of production per annum at the rate of 50-80 kilogram (kg) production perContinue Reading

by Judy Quiros, Philippine Daily Inquirer   Climate change and a shift in preferred crops are threatening to reduce the supply of durian and lead to a shortage in supply of the world-famous pungent fruit in Southern Mindanao, a region known for durian production.   Candelario Miculob, head of theContinue Reading

by Matt Brann, ABC Rural   The chief executive of the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) is in Darwin to see the ongoing Banana Freckle eradication program, and says the wider industry is grateful for the work being done.     Since the fungal disease was first found in 2013,Continue Reading