It is the law of supply and demand; if there is an excess in supply of a certain product and the demand is low, prices would naturally go down. This is what is happening right now in Vietnam. Local traders, including the small market vendors, are complaining of theContinue Reading
Bananas produced in Puerto Morazán regained the attention of importers from Honduras and El Salvador, who had abandoned them in favour of Rivas’ production, where overproduction and the alleged lack of Costa Rican buyers had caused prices to drop. The return of these buyers has stabilised banana prices in theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s Lee Hedges PLC is planning to set up a Apparel Training Centre in Jaffna and cultivate Red Lady, Papaya and Cavendish bananas in Vavuniya in a bid to help communities living in those areas to build a livelihood. The company says the projects are CSR driven. Continue Reading
Earlier, the media alleged that Chinese lychee were imported into Vietnam via several border gates, such as Coc Nam and Tan Thanh, in northern Lang Son Province. Due to tension in the East Sea, Vietnam’s exports of litchi to China have ceased. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade DoContinue Reading
Durian lovers came together for a good cause recently as they ate for charity in the 7th Jom Durian event held in The Summit, Subang Jaya. With more than 2,000 participants, the event raised RM130,000 ($50,507), which would be channelled towards the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia. ThisContinue Reading
Since Watson and Crick first revealed the double helix of our genetic code in 1953, scientists have gained the ability to give just about every living thing a genetic makeover. Unsurprisingly, given their humanitarian and economic importance, many of these alterations have been to crop plants. Many are being re-engineeredContinue Reading
by Avi Crane (via Fresh Fruit Portal) When avocados from Chile first arrived in the U.S. in September 1985, the weekly demand for avocados was under 7 million pounds. Weekly supply above that level would carry into the following week as unsold inventory and the market would react accordingly.Continue Reading
The project to export national products abroad, especially to the European continent, was analyzed at an inter-agency meeting held at the Committee on Industry, Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives. Spanish businessmen, representatives of the National Quality and Plant Health and Seeds (SENAVE), the National Institute for Food and Nutrition (INAN),Continue Reading
The Centre’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has allocated Rs 4.6 crore (USD 1M) to support a national multi-institutional project titled ‘A value chain on jackfruit and its products’. The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) has been identified as the leading centre to be roped in for the same. Continue Reading
Mango exports from Peru in the period between January and April rose by 25.7 per cent to US$165.2m compared with the year-earlier period, according to figures released by Peruvian exporter association Adex. The US was the biggest market, absorbing US$64.2m of mangoes, followed by the Netherlands (US$48.1m) and theContinue Reading
Last January, I visited a friend and took pictures of her mango tree that was covered with flowers. A few weeks later we talked on the phone and she told me the flowers had fallen without turning into fruit. She jokingly said that by taking pictures I had put aContinue Reading
In half of the world’s countries, vitamin A deficiency is a scourge that leaves disease and death in its wake. Every year, it inflicts between 250,000 and 500,000 helpless and malnourished young people with early-life blindness. And in half of those cases, it also brings death, according to theContinue Reading
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