Researchers in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, IntelinAir, Inc. and Columbia University are investigating whether remote sensing and computer vision can help pineapple growers carry out regular inspection of the field and automated counting of flower intensity.Continue Reading
For the second time in two years, Gildardo Urrego is scooping up piles of dead bees after an invisible evil invaded his hives in northwest Colombia, wreaking havoc among his swarms.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Huang Lanlan, Global Times Chinese mainland’s latest import ban on pineapples from Taiwan will hit the island’s pineapple industry hard, which highly depends on the mainland market, said industry insiders from both sides of the Taiwan Straits reached by the Global Times on Friday. Starting March 1, mainland customsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Gillian Caliste, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A mango tree expected to bear eight types of mangoes and a tree that will yield both balata and sapodilla. These are some of the innovative offerings of Rajesh Ram and Sadee Sanichar-Ram of the Exotic Fruit Plant Shed in New Grant, PrincesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Saudi Gazette Saudi Arabian authorities have imposed a permanent ban on planting of palm trees along roads as well as in parks and gardens across the Kingdom. This is part of the measures to prevent the spread of the red palm weevil and in line with the recommendation ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dan Nosowitz, Modern Farmer Citrus greening disease, sometimes known by its Chinese name of huanglongbing, is one of the most devastating problems to face the fruit industry in years. According to the USDA, “Citrus Greening (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus) is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in theContinue Reading
SOURCE: David Winning, The Wall Street Journal To harvest red papaya in northern Australia’s tropical heat, farmer Paul Fagg has long drawn on an unusual labor pool of overseas tourists. Not this year. Australia crushed the coronavirus with one of the strictest border-control regimes in the world. But that successContinue Reading
SOURCE: Thai Business News With seasonal fruit about to hit the market, including durian, rambutan, and mangosteen, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce has singed an agreement with CCIC Thailand to provide better traceability service for Thai fruit exported to China, following a new traceability requirement for all imported farm productsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report According to a report from the fruit branch of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products, China’s customs statistics indicate that the value of fruit imports exceeded $10 billion for the first time in 2020, reaching a totalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ace June S. Perez, Sun Star A breakthrough farming technology enabling mangosteen to be an all-season fruit will soon be rolled-out in Davao Region. This direction will be realized once the proposed funding for the continuation of the “Development of Package of Technology for Off-Season Mangosteen Production” study byContinue Reading
The import of tropical fruits to Iran cost as much as $500 million annually, Mohammad-Mehdi Boroumandi, an official with Agriculture Ministry, said.Continue Reading
From humble origins on a 1.5-acre plot to flowering into a multi-million dollar industry for cultivators, Colombia recently over-took leading avocado producing nations as the main supplier of Hass to Europe, dominating 30% of the total market share.Continue Reading