SOURCE: Alys Marshall and Bridget Herrmann, ABC News Shipments of mangoes to Western Australia from the Northern Territory and Queensland could be halted as a result of a proposal to ban the use of a significant pesticide.” The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has proposed suspending the post-harvestContinue Reading

SOURCE: Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet Banana producers in Colombia’s Urabá region have reached a historic agreement with the country’s biggest agricultural union, Sintrainagro, that stands to benefit 22,000 workers from 251 banana farms. In what Colombian banana association Augura is hailing as “one of the most outstanding cases of social dialogueContinue Reading

SOURCE: Noel Garcia, NZ Herald Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit and the Far North could become a major banana-growing region, bringing big environmental advantages for farmers, horticulture experts say. Farmers are being inundated with the message that water quality must be improved, but the question of how remainsContinue Reading

SOURCE: Bikash Singh, The Economic Times Pineapples from Meghalaya are exported to Abu Dhabi. Meghalaya has a diverse range of agro-climatic conditions which results in a variety of agricultural and horticultural products. Being grown by local communities in traditional manner, these crops are mostly naturally organic. These factors attribute towardsContinue Reading

China’s home-grown durians are poised to hit the market in a matter of days, but their limited yields and high prices are not expected to challenge the market share of Southeast Asian importers until large-scale commercial cultivation can be realised, according to state media. On the southern tropical island ofContinue Reading