Original source: Chhut Bunthoeun, Khmer Times Fresh bananas are still being exported to the Chinese market. However, fresh mangoes to the South Korean market have been badly hit by the Noval Coronavirus effect on fresh fruit markets. Longmate Agriculture, one of the local companies allowed to export bananas directly toContinue Reading

Original source: Agraria.pe Avocado producers from Casma in the Ancash region are very concerned about the stoppage of mango and avocado exports to China due to the health crisis that the coronavirus has caused in the country. The president of the Farmers Association from Casma, Rafael Santolalla Coral, stated thatContinue Reading

Original source: Reina Gattuso, Atlas Obscura 3,000-year-old microparticles prove the fruit traveled across the ocean with early Pacific Islanders. A typical day for Monica Tromp might include scraping tartar off 3,000-year-old human incisors. “It’s basically like being a dental hygienist for the dead,” says Tromp, an Affiliated Researcher at NewContinue Reading

Original source: Enrico dela Cruz, Reuters Work stoppages and market closures in China stemming from a coronavirus epidemic are hurting small- and medium-sized banana growers in the Philippines, the world’s second largest exporter of the fruit, an industry group said on Monday. Mainland China is one of the Southeast AsianContinue Reading

Source: URN, The Independent Pineapple farmers in Masaka district are stuck with their farm produces as their export market shrinks. The most affected are farmers in the sub-counties of Kyannamukaaka, Kyesiiga and Buwunga who are struggling to find market for their ripe pineapples with some already rotting in the plantations.Continue Reading