KN Narayana Gowda, a farmer who would sell his papaya produce at Rs 18 (USD 0.24) per kg before the coronavirus outbreak, says that about 3-4 tonnes of ripening fruits on his 4-acre patch of land comprising 4,000 trees, remain unharvested.Continue Reading
The Cuban Ministry of Agriculture stated that Cuban farmers had a new pineapple variety that is “more resistant to pests and that has better possibilities to be used by the industry.”Continue Reading
Dwindling harvests, drooping demand and export supply chains hit by the coronavirus are biting into Pakistan’s mango industry, with producers of the prized fruit battling to weather a disastrous season.Continue Reading
Colombia, the world’s fourth-largest banana exporter, has maintained production and exports of the yellow fruit to its largest buyers, despite the twin threats of coronavirus and dangerous fungus Fusarium TR4, an industry leader said Friday.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Monogya Loiwal, India Today Fruit vendors in West Bengal are in a fix as they are forced to sell their produce at a relatively lower price than it was sold before the country was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Guava cultivators, who sold their produce at Rs 7-8 perContinue Reading
Prized for its sweet and creamy flesh, the Musang King or Mao Shan Wang durian is one of Malaysia’s most important exports, with 70 per cent of this fruit produced in the state of Pahang and sent to places like mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.Continue Reading
According to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, exporters dispatched three shipments of local mango varieties ‘Sindhri’ and ‘Chaunsa’ to Japan as per agreed procedures between the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) and the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).Continue Reading
A different pandemic is hounding the local banana industry, which already saw production this year cut by as much as 20 percent.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Petra Wiesmayer, Innovation Origins Approximately every fifth tree felled worldwide ends up as paper in our homes. It might be a book, a newspaper, a magazine, a writing pad, some wrapping paper, a kitchen towel, or a roll of toilet paper. Since about 15 billion trees are felled eachContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dispatch A drastic decline in prices of Matooke has frustrated farmers from parts of Ankole, one of the biggest producers of Matooke, both a cash and food crop. Matooke production has over the years transformed livelihoods across the region, with more people depending on the food crop to earnContinue Reading
SOURCE: EFE, La Vanguardia TRANSLATION: Freshplaza On Wednesday, July 1, Costa Rica declared a state of phytosanitary emergency as a measure to prevent the entry of the Fusarium TR4 plague into the country and protect its banana production, an important activity that generates more than 140,000 direct and indirect jobsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khann Chanvirak, Khmer Times Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda said yesterday at a press conference the province has exported over 20,000 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to international markets during the first six months of this year. At the event held at the Council of Ministers, Mr ChandaContinue Reading