SOURCE: Phal Sophanith, Khmer Times From January to Dec. 15, 2020, Cambodia has exported some 945,274 tonnes of fresh mangoes to foreign markets, with an estimated total value of some $473,207,700. The figures were shared in a preliminary report on the progress of major agro-industrial crop production in 2020, byContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ebrahim Harris, Reuters Malaysian researchers have developed a method to transform the fibre found in normally discarded pineapple leaves to make a strong material that can be used to build the frames for unmanned aircraft, or drones. The project, headed by Professor Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan at Malaysia’s PutraContinue Reading
SOURCE: Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Keo Romiet mangoes remain on target to be directly exported to the Chinese market from early next year after the economic powerhouse penned an agreement in June that set up a 500,000 tonne quota for the Kingdom’s widely-available fruit. Hun Lak, the CEO of RichfarmContinue Reading
SOURCE: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Inquirer Talks for a new free trade deal with South Korea hit a snag anew, with parties failing to come to terms on the issue of market access. Negotiations are expected to drag further until a deal is made by the first quarter of 2021—atContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tehran Times Iran has imported 308,970 tons of banana worth USD 210.32 million during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Ruhollah Latifi said the nine-month import equals the wholeContinue Reading
The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) launched its food technology innovations and the Technology ‘Test Bed’ Laboratory for the Melaka Mardistation here today. Agriculture and Food Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah said the food innovation products are technologies to produce high antioxidant mango fruit leather andContinue Reading
The 400-million strong middle-class group in China is a promising export market and the “next biggest opportunity” just waiting to be tapped by Filipino enterprises, according to a Beijing-based trade expert. In the wake of years of high economic growth, there is now a large middle-income class of around 400Continue Reading
The output of guava orchards has been severely affected by mealybug insects due to which growers are suffering losses amounting to 60-70% in and around Larkana district, said Sindh Chamber of Agriculture President Sirajul Oliya Rashdi. “Pesticides used for killing other insects are being used by the growers to eliminateContinue Reading
SOURCE: Emanuela Fontana, Freshplaza Banana fruits infected with rot disease were collected from the local market of Lahore, Pakistan. The observed symptoms were dry, decayed, sunken lesions with dark grey to greenish in color, damaging quality of the fruit. Scientists at University of the Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan) have isolated theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Deb Kiner, Penn Live Del Monte Fresh Produce has created the Pinkglow Pineapple that is now available in stores including right here in Pennsylvania. The Pinkglow, Del Monte said, is “juicier and sweeter” than a traditional pineapple and has a pink interior. Is it time to rethink the piñaContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hin Pisei, Phnom Penh Post Hun Ty CO LTD plans to be the first company to directly export fresh mangoes to China and do its part in filling the 500,000 tonne annual quota to the country. In June this year, Cambodia and China officially signed an agreement to allowContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza Chinese consumers consider the Malaysian durian to be a restorative fruit. The fruit can help the body produce heat. That is why Chinese consumers prefer to eat durian in the winter. The peak period of the Malaysian durian sales season begins every year in December. Mr. He, managerContinue Reading