MALAYSIA: Durian trade battered as lockdown bites
2021-02-22
A long lockdown has slowed domestic demand for durians and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit.Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Banana exports down 18.3% on weak production
2021-02-18
Philippine banana exports last year declined by almost a fifth to a two-year low of 3.595 million metric tons (MMT) as shipments across all key markets contracted due to weak domestic production.Continue Reading
INDIA: Switch to jumbo guavas helps Gujarat farmer earn 10 times more
2021-02-14
SOURCE: Himanshu Nitnaware, The Better India Magan Kamariya from Morbi village in Gujarat was a traditional vegetable farmer with a 15-acre land. On it, he would grow groundnut, cotton, cumin and other vegetables, but conventional farming failed to reap many profits. In fact, it barely helped his six-member family survive.Continue Reading
CHINA: Thailand urged to adopt WHO guidelines to ensure durians free of COVID-19
2021-02-03
China is encouraging Thailand to adopt World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) guidelines, to establish confidence in exported durians and maintain a market worth 50 billion baht (USD 1.6 billion).Continue Reading
PERU: Avocado exports increased by almost 100,000 tons in 2020
2021-02-02
Peru exported 410,463,231 kilos of avocado in 2020, almost 100 million kilos more than the 310,870,326 kilos it exported in 2019, according to data published by Agrodata Peru.Continue Reading
MEXICO: Avocado exports forecasted to be up for Super Bowl
2021-01-30
The coronavirus pandemic won’t stop Mexico from sending a huge quantity of avocados to the United States in the lead-up to the Super Bowl to be played February 7 in Tampa, Florida.Continue Reading
INDIA: Gujarat CM renames dragon fruit as ‘kamalam’, draws flak
2021-01-28
The Gujarat government’s move to rename dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’, since according to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani the fruit’s outer shape resembles a lotus, has split internet and social media platforms with twitteratis and others posting comments ridiculing it or taking a sarcastic dig.Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Demand for fruit-based processed food products on the rise in Europe
2021-01-28
Healthier lifestyles and less sugar consumption in Europe create opportunities for Philippine fruit-based processed food.Continue Reading
INDIA: Integrated machine developed to process banana stem into fibre yarn
2021-01-26
A three way industry-institute-Tamil Nadu government organisation-collaborative effort to increase the value-added products from banana plantation is expected to make the banana farmers in the country go bananas.Continue Reading
PARAGUAY: Banana exports increase by 33%
2021-01-21
SOURCE: La Nacion TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to data from the Single Export Window (VUE) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of Paraguay, in 2020 banana exports grew by 33% over the previous year, totaling USD 15,621,246. The representative of the National Intersectoral Banana Competitiveness Table (Menicob), Hugo Franco,Continue Reading
TOGO: The pineapple sector is buoyant
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Togo First Between 2017 and 2019, Togo’s pineapple output grew by 11.6%, from 27,000 tons to 30,149 tons. The sector, which employs more than 3,200 producers, generated over CFA6 billion per year (USD 11 million) over the period reviewed. Out of this sum, the State got moreContinue Reading
INDIA: How frozen ripe jackfruit is slowly making its way into the market
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Athira M, The Hindu Frozen ripe jackfruit is the latest addition to the growing market of value-added products from jackfruit. Bibil Thomas, a 29-year-old software engineer from Kumily in Idukki district of Kerala, has launched Jackobyte, which retails frozen ripe bulbs of jackfruit with a shelf life of threeContinue Reading