Fruits News (Page 236)

In 2013, Ecuador exported 253 million banana crates, 5 million more than in 2012, which is a moderate increase compared to figures from 2011, when 285 million crates were exported.   Eduardo Ledesma, Executive Director of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE for its Spanish acronym) ensures thatContinue Reading

Wind gusts of more than 100 kph heavily damaged more than 1,230 hectares of banana in the Canary Islands on Jan 23-24. To a lesser extent, tropical crops such as pineapple, avocado, and citrus have been damaged.   Northeasten winds continuously battered the archipelago, causing heavy damage in the westContinue Reading

After entering the U.S. market, from which it was banned for 87 years due to plant health problems, Mexico’s Hass avocado production has increased by almost 200 fold in the past fifteen years. In 1997, when Mexico was able to export to the U.S., there were 21 municipalities in MichoacanContinue Reading

Mrs Lynda Zakari, a nutritionist, says moderate consumption of bananas can protect against cancer of the kidney, diabetes, osteoporosis and blindness.   Zakari told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that banana, which also combats depression, makes one smarter, cures hangovers and relieves morning sickness.   TheContinue Reading

Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district are reaping rich returns from papaya cultivation.   “At a time when water has become a scarce resource in this belt, the returns from the papaya farm has been a saving grace for me,” says PS Baladhandayuthapani of PSB Farms. The farm is locatedContinue Reading

Vision Group, in partnership with dfcu Bank, the Netherlands Embassy in Uganda and KLM Airlines, is searching for Uganda’s best farmers. Every Tuesday in Harvest Money, we shall profile nominated farmers until September, when a panel of judges shall select Uganda’s best farmers. Sh150m and a fully sponsored trip toContinue Reading

The avocado industry is approaching the end of its export season and it has been a good one, with strong demand and a better supply compared with last year.   Industry body New Zealand Avocados is forecasting three million trays of export fruit this season, each weighing bout 5.5kg, withContinue Reading

A study published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals that a whole diet approach, which focuses on increased intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish, has more evidence for reducing cardiovascular risk than strategies that focus exclusively on reduced dietary fat. This new study explains that while strictly low-fat diets haveContinue Reading

Banana prices in India have seen rapid rises over the past few days to an all-time high of Rs10 (US$0.16) per fruit, the Hindu reports.   The increase has occurred as a result of monsoon ailure for the past two years, as well as decreasing area for cultivation of theContinue Reading

A Dutch government development group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Senegalese Agency of Export Promotion (Asepex), building on a relationship that has already seen strong growth for the West African country’s mango sector.   The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Centre for the Promotion of ImportsContinue Reading

Restrictions to protect New Zealand’s horticulture industry which went as far as posting officials in the fruit and vegetable section of a Whangarei supermarket have been lifted more than two weeks after a lone Queensland fruit fly was found.   The Ministry for Primary Industries lifted all restrictions on theContinue Reading