Farmers of Muthalamada grama panchayat here are probably the first victims of climate change in the State. The late flowering of mango trees has deprived them of the early-bird advantage in the Rs.300-crore export market. There are nearly 3,000 mango farmers in Muthalamada, known as the ‘mango city’. Flowers bloomedContinue Reading
SUPER typhoon Yolanda, which devastated parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, was the reason fruit vendors are earning less this year. “Yolanda is the reason why we have low sales after Christmas to New Year,” said Rachel Jaca, a fruit vendor at Cogon market. She added that most of theContinue Reading
Eight shared service facilities (SSF) have so far been turned over to various business groups in Davao Region last year, in a bid to boost their production, the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao said. Arnulfo J. Gana-an, DTI-Davao division chief for small and medium enterprisesContinue Reading
Farmers are alarmed over the infestation of mango orchards in the province and lamented the lack of action by agriculture officials. The infestation, which they blamed on cecid flies, has spread in this city and in the towns of Bulakan, Guiguinto, Plaridel, and Pulilan. “There will be no harvest inContinue Reading
Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, the country’s largest fruit cultivation area, are busy preparing speciality fruits for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on January 31. Hoa Loc mango, Nam Roi grapefruit and Lai Vung pink mandarin are among the most in demand. Nguyen VanContinue Reading
A co-operative in the southern province of Dong Nai will supply unlimited amounts of durians and rambutans to Japan’s Aeon supermarket chain in 2014. This was agreed upon after a long-term contract was recently signed by the representatives of the Xuan Thanh agricultural service co-operative and Aeon supermarket. The JapaneseContinue Reading
It’s been a tough mango season for growers in Carnarvon, in WA’s north-west. Grower Eddie Smith from Calypso Plantations is right in the thick of picking his crop but water restrictions and two heatwave events late last year have meant quite a lot of his fruit was burnt. “We’ve gotContinue Reading
Consumers are paying more at the greengrocer for their favourite summer fruits, after supplies of avocados, stone fruits and mangoes failed to meet strong holiday season demand. For avocado growers, it has been a lean year with reduced crops around the country but particularly in southwest Western Australia, where mostContinue Reading
The summer of 2012 was marked by above-average rainfall across much of the Southeast. And with the heavy rains came increased outbreaks of Phytophthora fruit rot in watermelons, according to a news release. “Since we had more wet weather this growing season than we’ve ever had since I’ve been here,Continue Reading
Ecuadorian banana producers have begun sending their first fruit to China with the hope of seeing success on this bustling market. Manuel Romero, executive director of the Ecuadorian Banana Corporation (Agroban), spoke with www.freshfruitportal.com about the recently established trade trail period. “We had contact with a few state importers that were interestedContinue Reading
Frank Huezo has been in the dragonfruit business for less than a year, but the Nicaraguan producer already has big plans to transform the U.S. market. Based in La Concepcion, the 75-acre farm, El Socorro, came to Huezo serendipitously this past April, just as the U.S. opened its borders to theContinue Reading
Dorothy Luvai’s desire for growing thorny melon began in 2008 due to desperation for an income generating crop. “I come from an agricultural zone; I wanted to farm something different from the usual maize crop that is grown in Kitale. After doing some research, with the help of the KenyaContinue Reading
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