SOURCE: Mark Foreman, ABC Carnarvon banana growers are enjoying their best season in over a decade thanks to favourable weather conditions. The past few months have provided ideal growing conditions with warm temperatures, combined with increased humidity, with yields up 60 per cent compared to their usual January average. “It’sContinue Reading

SOURCE: The Sun Daily Sirim Bhd is working towards increasing jackfruit exports globally by commercialising the fruit as a meat substitute. President and chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said that based on demand from Europe, the fruit had been accepted as an alternative to meat by peopleContinue Reading

SOURCE: Global Times China has witnessed a year-on-year trade increase of 15 percent with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, the first year the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) went into effect, and the region continues to hold the position of China’s top trade partner. Chinese expertsContinue Reading

SOURCE: Loop News Local banana farmers, effective today (January 10), will again benefit from a 30% discount on fertilizer, Agriculture Minister Alfred Propere said Monday. According to Prospere, the Ministry of Agriculture will once again commence the second phase of subsidies on fertilizers to banana farmers to assist with qualityContinue Reading

SOURCE: BL THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BUREAU, The Hindu Business Line Kerala-based agritech start-up Greenikk, which launched the country’s first full-stack supply chain connecting banana cultivators, wholesalers, exporters and B2B buyers on a single platform, has raised ₹5.04 crore in pre-seed funding from a string of institutional funders, angel investors and serial entrepreneursContinue Reading

by Anugraha Sundaravelu, Metro A food tech startup called One Third has unveiled a fruit scanner that can tell the state of ripeness of produce, at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, on Tuesday. Using propriety algorithms, the scanner can interpret returns from a near-infrared laser to determineContinue Reading