SOURCE: The Star After facing difficulties in selling vegetables and losing thousands of ringgit each day following the movement control order last year, Abdul Halim Abdullah decided to turn to Lohan guava (GU16) farming. Abdul Halim, 45, who has been cultivating vegetables such as chillies and eggplants for the pastContinue Reading
SOURCE: Edelmiro Franco V, Birmingham Times Banana producers and exporters in Latin America warn the high costs of supplies and the low international price for the fruit are negatively impacting sustainability and competitiveness in the industry. That has serious consequences, on various levels, for more than 800,000 families in theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sylvain Andzongo, Business in Cameroon Cameroon exported 17,842 tons of banana in October 2021, up by 7.3% year on year, according to figures compiled by the Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam). This performance was facilitated by two of the three operators: société des Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP) andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Weixin TRANSLATION: Freshplaza In the tropical fruit greenhouse of Kaitaiyu Base in Jinshan District, Shanghai, the farm has built a special greenhouse, which adopts the new breeding mode of “double greenhouses plus double films + a combination of planting and breeding”. In this way, although it’s cold in theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zoe Wood, The Guardian The huge popularity of bananas makes them a weapon in UK supermarket price wars, but the tactic is hurting farmers amid soaring production costs, growers have said. The major supermarket chains are ignoring the impact of higher raw material and freight costs because they wantContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khabarhub Baglung has witnessed increasing commercial farming of dragon fruit that has drawn a huge demand in the market, of late. Pratiman Thapa, a local of Kathekhola rural municipality-1, Pala Karina of Baglung, has initiated cultivating dragon fruit in the barren land after he returned home from overseas employment.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report Peak pomelo season has arrived in China, with pomelo crops currently ripening and hitting the market. In recent years, China has seen a high turnover in pomelo varieties, with some quality varieties that previously enjoyed great popularity now falling from favor. This year, prices remain low, andContinue Reading
SOURCE: United Nations Bogale Borena set up an avocado nursery in Yirgalem in the south of Ethiopia, and has been so successful with the venture that he was named as one of 17 Food Heroes by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Agency. Food Heroes are recognized for their commitment toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Chris Komorek, Fruitnet Mango shoot looper, the invasive pest from Asia, has been found in Mareeba, Mutchilba and Biboohra in North Queensland according to Biosecurity Queensland at Department of Agriculture and Fishing. It’s the first time the exotic moth has been detected in the country. DAF announced it wasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lucía Vásconez, El Comercio TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Data published by the Central Bank of Ecuador (ECB) confirms that banana and plantain exports between January and August 2021 have decreased when compared to the same period of the previous year. In this period, shipments of Musaceae to international markets reached aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star In the five years since 2016, the value of durian exports abroad has grown by RM74.8 million or 107 per cent, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. He said the great response to Malaysian durians had caused the value of durianContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal Photographs of mangos as big as soccer balls that were harvested in the department of Santander, Colombia went viral. A local news source said that Liliana Garnica Ruíz has the giant mango crops on her farm and that the fruit was from organic crops that useContinue Reading