SOURCE: The Star Farmers in the Dong Thap Muoi region have developed a vast specialised pineapple farming area covering nearly 15,400 ha – the largest along the Tien River. The pineapple-growing areas are concentrated in four key communes, including Tan Phuoc 1, Tan Phuoc 2, Tan Phuoc 3 and HungContinue Reading
SOURCE: Indonz Indian mangoes are cheaper this season than they have been in recent years due to a fierce price war that has reportedly broken out among several retailers. The price-cutting reports have soured what has a been a successful season so far, with mangoes from India on display atContinue Reading
SOURCE: Naewna TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade has partnered with Go Wholesale, a major food ingredient wholesaler under Central Retail, to support local fruit farmers and promote domestic consumption. This collaboration is part of the government’s broader strategy to stabilise fruit prices and raise farmer incomes, as reportedContinue Reading
SOURCE: One Acre Fund Tanzania For generations, Tanzanian farmers have had a close, possibly even overcommitted relationship with maize. It has been the backbone of smallholder farming, the star of every local market, and the unofficial mascot of the dinner table. But let us face it: maize has become theContinue Reading
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SOURCE: Charles Pensulo, RFI Henderson Kopoland, 45, mainly works from his grocery shop at a small trading centre in Konzaalendo Village in Thyolo District, southern Malawi. Visitors to this remote spot may not realise where his wealth comes from or that he runs another business far away. About one hundredContinue Reading
SOURCE: Maaz Izmail, Impakter Climate change continues to put more livelihoods at risk as more than half of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean might be rendered unusable, a new report shows. Bananas have had a history of representing the wealth gap in the globalized world. During theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jing Zang, Produce Report At approximately 11 p.m. on June 13, Tropical Storm Wutip, the first named storm of the annual typhoon season and classified as a severe tropical storm, made landfall near the town of Basuo, part of the city of Dongfang, Hainan province. It then made itsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phak Seangly, The Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Banana Agricultural General Co., Ltd. (CBA), a Chinese company, is planning to increase its export of fresh yellow Cavendish bananas to China to 30,000 tonnes this year, through the expansion of cultivation areas and its supply chain. Kong Chanvisal, secretary of stateContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam+ Exciting festivities are underway at the 21st Southern Fruit Festival, which opened on Sunday morning at Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City. With the theme “Preserving agricultural roots – Upholding national soul – Integrating into the era”, the annual event seeks to blendContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dat Nguyen, VNExpress Vietnamese mangosteen is in high demand despite being 50% more expensive than Thai imports since it is sweeter and more fragrant. In HCMC, vendors are selling the highest quality fruit at prices starting from VND120,000. Thai imports, despite dominating the market in volume terms, fetch onlyContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ralph Jennings, SCMP Cambodia has become the latest Southeast Asian nation to enter the lucrative Chinese durian market, where it aims to take a bite out of the market shares of leaders Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. China’s General Administration of Customs began in late April allowing shipments of freshContinue Reading