by Mintu Deshwara, The Daily Star Indigenous farmers have achieved bumper production of pineapple at 30 villages in Srimangal upazila of the district this season. Locals said the juicy and delicious fruit has always been growing abundantly in the area, which is known as ‘pineapple village.’ GrowersContinue Reading
by S. Annamalai, The Hindu A first-of-its-kind venture floated by the John Pennycuick Farmers’ Trust (JPFT) at Cumbum in Theni district of Tamil Nadu has proved to be a game changer. In less than three months’ time, Aroma Banana, the trade arm of the trust, has turnedContinue Reading
by Arnold Loh, Star News Network It is almost symmetrically round like a ball and unlike other durians, it has a single blackish brown to dark brown thorn at the centre of its base. The Black Thorn durian is at once one of the easiest durians toContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE: The PhilFruits Association Inc. will be holding the 23rd National Fruit Symposium with the theme: “Let’s Make It Fruitful All Over”, on October 19-23, 2015 at Hotel Elizabeth, Baguio City. The symposium will serve as venue for our participants and stakeholders to enhance their knowledge andContinue Reading
by Morshedur Rahman, bdnews24.com The government’s disease control arm has found pesticides and chemicals sprayed on litchis responsible for the death of eight children in Dinajpur in 21 days. “We became certain after visiting houses of those children and the litchi orchards and conducting necessary tests thatContinue Reading
According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Doan Thi Chai, the province has more than 20 hectares of longan granted regional codes for export to the US. They crop has been grown by over 170 local households in Hong Nam commune inContinue Reading
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has been trying to improve the quality of Kao Nam Pueng pomelos, due to an increase in German demand. Kao Nam Pueng pomelos have grown in popularity in Germany, which imports a large amount from China each year. The fruit has a colorContinue Reading
A portion of Los Angeles County has been placed under quarantine for the guava fruit fly (GFF) following the detection of eight adult GFF within the City of Long Beach. The quarantine area in Los Angeles County measures 80 square miles, bordered on the north by Southern Avenue; on theContinue Reading
Two undergraduates from an Indonesian varsity have developed an innovative way of preventing diabetes, by using rambutan seeds. The two, are Feni Juita Sari and Marleni, both 18, from the Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universiti Ubudiyah in Banda Acheh, who have successfully produced a drink using the rambutan seeds. Continue Reading
Sixty farmers in Kota Marudu will be the first in Sabah to grow a pineapple variety produced through tissue culture technology under a pilot project, after receiving 20,000 seedlings of the MD2 variety, Monday. The seedlings were symbolically handed to them by Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister DatukContinue Reading
In Antalya’s Manavgat district in Southern Turkey, the watermelon yield has increased by 27,000 tonnes in comparison with the year before. Two years ago watermelon produce harvest, from the fields and greenhouses totalled 73,000 tonnes, whereas last year 100,000 tonnes were produced. Manavgat Food, Agriculture and Livestock chairman,Continue Reading
Farmers in the Mekong delta are harvesting early fruits at high cost; hence they are so excited. Farmer Le Van Ngoan in An Phu Tan commune in the Mekong delta province of Tra Vinh’s Cau Ke District said that early harvested mangosteen from his two acres of lands of mangosteenContinue Reading
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