SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Kenyan Hass avocado into the U.S. This comes as the country successfully doubled its production in the last five years, according to a reportContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Free Press Journal Sudden rainfall accompanied by strong winds and lightningáhas again damaged standing banana crops in Burhanpur district on Sunday. Banana farmers in Burhanpur district suffered major losses after heavy rainfall and floods destroyed their farms. The district is famous for banana production. Banana farming is difficultContinue Reading
SOURCE: Agencia Brasil In Brazil, red guava is a widely cultivated and appreciated fruit, and its export potential has been explored by several producers. Among these, four companies stand out that are dedicated to the cultivation and export of this tasty and nutritious fruit, and are participants in the FrutasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The mango industry is enjoying excellent momentum, with record volumes of high-quality fruit arriving in the U.S. this year. For the past three weeks, the fruit has topped the export volume charts with 4.4 million, 5.1 million, and 4.6 million boxes per week, according to dataContinue Reading
SOURCE: Yasir Wardad, The Financial Express Green papaya, once a cheap vegetable, has now turned so expensive, making it difficult for the poor to source this nutrition-rich item. Papaya price hit an all-time high of 110 a kg in the third week of April from Tk 50-55, marking a 100-perContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Bangkok Post The United States will start to import Thai pomelos next month while Australia has given a green light for import cooked duck from Thailand after years of negotiations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Rapeepat Chantarasriwong, director-general of the Department of Agriculture, said theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Edwin Mutai, Business Daily Africa The first cargo plane of pineapples from Kenya will leave the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for Israel on June 1, Parliament heard on Monday. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi told MPs that Kenya had inked a deal with the Jewish State that will seeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Gerhard Uys, Stuff NZ Cyclone Gabrielle and cold snaps in spring last year mean avocados are scarce on supermarket shelves, a grower and supermarket supplier say. Head of domestic avocado sales at fresh produce marketer and exporter Primor Regan Booth said New Zealand sat between two growing seasons. “NormallyContinue Reading
SOURCE: Thi Ha, Vietnam Express Vietnamese dragon fruit exporters are expected to have another difficult year as more countries grow the fruit and make the international market increasingly competitive. According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s exports have been plummeting since 2019. In 2021 and 2022 it did notContinue Reading
SOURCE: IO Team Ugandan start-ups are leading the charge in upcycling banana waste into innovative products, transforming the nation’s circular economy. With 11 million tonnes of bananas produced annually, companies like TexFad, Nsenene, and Green Heat are unlocking the potential of the 70% waste banana production produces. TexFad creates bananaContinue Reading
SOURCE: Raviprasad Kamila, The Hindu The cultivation of Dang Surya, a red jackfruit variety of Malaysian origin, in Karnataka’s coastal region appears to be promising, going by the yield in the orchards of two farmers. T. Ramesh Nayak Thekkatte of Kamaxi Farm in Udupi district, and Gabriel Stany Veigas, aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Wearing a white tank top inside a foggy greenhouse at his farm in Otofuke on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Hiroyuki Nakagawa plucks ripened mangoes ready to be packed and shipped. Outside the temperature is a freezing -8C on a clear December day, but inside theContinue Reading