SOURCE: Oliver Whang, The New York Times Bananas, it turns out, are not what we thought they were. Sure, most, when ripe, are yellow and sweet and delicious slathered in peanut butter. But a global survey reveals many more appealing counterparts than the generic banana found in American supermarkets, withContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daily Sentinel SFA Gardens recently received grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service to investigate the potential of pineapple guava as a new, low-input fruit and ornamental crop for production in Texas. The project, funded through 2024, is a collaborative effort between SFA Gardens andContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) plans to introduce the night farming method for pineapple planting from next year in efforts to increase pineapple exports from 400,000 tonnes a year to 700,000 tonnes a year by 2025. Its director-general, Mohd Khairuzamri M Salleh said the night farming method hadContinue Reading
SOURCE: Alicia Perera, ABC.net Since first being detected in May, banana freckle has spread to more than 40 properties across the Northern Territory’s Top End region. One of those is Julie-Ann Murphy and Alan Petersen’s farm, Rum Jungle Organics. The only commercial farm caught up in the outbreak, they’re nowContinue Reading
SOURCE: fb/jd, TVP World Farmers in Kenya are starting to shift from traditionally grown maize to avocados because of their better prices and yields. One such farmer, Albert Gumo, started his avocado journey just over a month ago and has already had two successful harvests. He is happy with theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Azzman Abdul Jamal & Teoh Yee Shen, Malaysia Now While Malaysia’s participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is expected to boost economic performance through its facilitation of trade deals with member countries of the world’s largest trading bloc, questions have been raised over the possible effectContinue Reading
SOURCE: Wendy Leigh, Tasting Table If ever the term “pretty in pink” rings true for an edible plant, it’s in the wildly flamboyant hues of the tropical dragon fruit. Also known as pitaya, the outer skins scream “fun” with vibrant hot-pink tones, while the edible inner flesh is just asContinue Reading
SOURCE: Xinhua Kenya’s integrated agro-business firm Kakuzi confirmed Tuesday it has secured pre-shipment approval from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), the country’s plant health regulatory agency, for its second fresh avocado shipment to China. Kakuzi Managing Director Christopher Flowers said the company will be shipping several 20-foot containerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Baidu TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Before the harvest in 2022, JD.com released the “2018-2022 Landmark Agricultural Products Upward Trend Report” (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”), which sorted out the upward trend characteristics, category structure changes, market trends and distribution, and consumer portraits of landmark agricultural products in various provinces fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Queensland Government Ground-breaking research is bearing fruit in the quest to develop tasty bananas resistant to Panama TR4 disease, helping to protect good jobs in Queensland’s nation-leading banana industry. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said consumer research had identified fourContinue Reading
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands stated that it carried out a training activity on the island of El Hierro through the Canary Islands Institute for Agricultural Research (ICIA) so that tropical pineapple producers implement cultivation technologies in their usual tasks. TheContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Philippines’ share of Asian banana exports has plunged from 90 per cent to 60 per cent according to data from The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). In its final Banana Market Review 2021 report, the FAO said production challenges and the increase inContinue Reading