SOURCE: Helen Briggs, BBC Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple, could be a new superfood and a lifesaver in the face of climate change. The banana-like crop has the potential to feed more than 100 million people in a warming world, according to a new study. The plantContinue Reading
SOURCE: La Nacion TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Paraguayan banana exports generated a total of 19.3 million dollars in 2021, i.e. 23.7% more than the 15.6 million dollars reached in 2020, according to data from the Single Window of Export (VUE) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC). “We had already seenContinue Reading
SOURCE: Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet Ecuadorean banana exports rallied in the fourth quarter of 2021 to finish the year on 378.2m boxes according to the latest figures from Acorbanec. This was a decrease of less than 1 per cent on the 2020 total. Between October and December, shipments totalled 96m boxes,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Nguyen Tien, Saigon Online On the morning of December 30, a representative of the Binh Thuan Province Dragon Fruit Association said that right after the Chinese market announced to temporarily halt the import of dragon fruit from Vietnam from December 29, 2021, to the end of January 26, 2022,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet Dragon fruit industry sweats on 300,000 tonnes of fruit as harvest nears and China restricts trade China’s decision to restrict dragon fruit imports from Vietnam has left growers with around 300,000 tonnes of nearly ripe fruit and a lack of buyers. According to a report fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jacob Mosenda/The Citizen The Ministry of Agriculture has announced the opening of another avocado market in India, providing opportunity for the crop’s stakeholders and farmers to export the product to overseas markets. In a statement sent to the public on Tuesday November, 30, the ministry said the health authoritiesContinue Reading
The joint extensive efforts by All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (PFVA), Department of Plant Production (DPP) serving under the Federal Ministry of National Food Security and Research and Ministry of Commerce, have paved the way for Pakistan’s huge revenue generation from the important international market of Kenya inContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Sun A study conducted by the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) found that 90 per cent of pineapple entrepreneurs, produced under the board’s programmes, have obtained an average income of RM5,000 a month, thus removing them from the low-income household group (B40) bracket. LPNM director-general, Mohd Khairuzamri MContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hindustan Times The US has approved import of mangoes and pomegranates from India and secured New Delhi’s approval to supply of cherries, alfalfa hay, pork and pork products to India, the two governments said in separate statements. The export of Indian mangoes and pomegranates to the US is inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Salome Alwanda, Kenya News It is around 5.00 pm and the hot sun in Busia begins to cool down. I then decide to venture out just to find more about the jackfruit. My adventure takes me to a billboard structure along Busia – Korinda road where I find aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Times of India Consistent incidents of fog in the mornings for a prolonged are likely to impact the cashew and mango fruit setting process, say agriculture experts. This is especially worrying in the face of the late flowering season which was delayed due to unseasonal rain this month.Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Kyodonews A mango producer in northern Japan’s Hokkaido which grows the tropical fruit using heat from local hot springs and harvests them in winter has begun shipping to high-end supermarkets in Hong Kong in December. This is the first time for Noraworks Japan, headquartered inContinue Reading