Source: Ghana News Agency   The Kintampo Mango Farmers Association (KIMFA) at the weekend called for a collaborative sub-regional level policy to control the fruit fly menace in sub-Saharan Africa. The group, numbering more than 200, said the identification of the West African zone by international trade experts as aContinue Reading

Source: Pattaya Mail   BANGKOK, Feb 28 – The Indonesian government will soon announce an additional quota of Thai vegetable and fruit imports, according to the Thai Foreign Trade Department.  Foreign Trade Department deputy director-general Surasak Riengkrua said the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry will soon announce its approval of higher quotasContinue Reading

Source: Freshplaza Two new varieties of melon and watermelon, known for their high quality, firmness, stronger flavour and fewer seeds, were successfully introduced into Chile as part of a project conducted by the Faculty of Agronomy of the Catholic University and co-funded by the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA), theContinue Reading

By: Ani Lam Lu Torres Source: Agraria.pe   Lima, 12 February 2013 (Agraria.pe) Peruvian exports of pitahaya or “dragon fruit” will continue to decline this year, estimated Pronatur, company and exporter of the fruit hoarder.   The fruit produced by coffee and passion fruit farmers of Chachapoyas (Amazonas), is very appreciatedContinue Reading

Source: ABC News     About 370 kilograms of fruit and vegetables have been seized at a random fruit fly roadblock in South Australia’s Riverland. Biosecurity SA stopped traffic at the Blanchetown heavy vehicle weighing station last weekend. It inspected more than 1,300 vehicles and found 448 carrying fruit. However,Continue Reading