SOURCE: Agraria.pe TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The president of the Association of Hass Avocado Producers of Peru (ProHass), Juan Carlos Paredes Rosales, said Peru would export 515,000 tons of Hass avocado this year, i.e. 6.6% more than in 2021. Paredes Rosales highlighted that Europe is the main market for Peru’s Hass avocado,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Reuters The Philippines on Wednesday appealed directly to consumers in its top export market Japan to pay higher prices for imported bananas to help shoulder a surge in production costs. Prices for fuel and agricultural supplies are driving many farmers to the brink of bankruptcy, according to a reportContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sanjay Kumar, Arab News Mango season is eagerly awaited in India, where no other fruit can sweeten the long summer days and replenish the soul. But not this year after unprecedented heat waves devastated the crops. The fruit features in Indian poetry, and is also a tool of diplomacy,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Katherine Rodriguez, NJ.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning Americans to stop storing cut avocados in water because they could be exposed to harmful pathogens. The warning came to light after several TikTok videos went viral showing halved avocados in water to keep them from browning.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Nalla Babu, Times of India Mango jelly production in state has declined by around 60 per cent in this season due to low production of the fruit in parts of the state. Bheemali village in L Kota mandal of Vizianagaram district is popular for its ethnic sweet called mangoContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald June in Miami is challenging. The heat and humidity start to rise and it marks the start of hurricane season. But June is national mango month and the trees are heavy with delicious mangoes. I am biased on this topic, as I love this tropicalContinue Reading
SOURCE: New Strait Times From the crunchy yellow flesh of the jackfruit to the natural coconut water, Thailand’s diversified fruit exports have been gaining ground among health-conscious consumers around the world thanks to their health benefits and innovative packaging. In a statement, Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of theContinue Reading
An Emirati businessman steeped in a rich farming tradition is reaping the rewards of his enterprising approach to agriculture. A real estate boss by day, Abdullatif Al Banna, 56, spends many an evening tending to the thousands of pineapples he grows each year at his farm in the desert ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dr Poonam Batra, Krishi Jagran Black thrips (Thrips parvispinus), a highly polyphagous pest has become a major insect pest in recent days for chili and capsicum crops in India. It is an invasive insect species from Indonesia and was first reported in 2015 on a papaya plantation in Bengaluru,Continue Reading
SOURCE: FAO Markets and Trade The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 158.5 points in April 2022, down 1.2 points (0.8 percent) from the all-time high reached in March, though still 36.4 points (29.8 percent) above its value in the corresponding month last year. The drop in the FFPI inContinue Reading
Pineapple leaf fibres could hold the key to cheaper weight-loss supplements with the added benefit of being greener and more sustainable for the environment. The National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday (May 17) said that its researchers have developed a method to use these cheap and abundant fibres toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Shweta Segar, India Times Indian summers are incomplete without mangoes. Eating mangoes, and sitting by the coolers, while the sun scorches outdoors, is unarguably among the fondest childhood memories of every Indian. Stalls and carts overflow with different varieties and summer holidays are spent gorging on this yellow, pulpyContinue Reading