CAMBODIA: Huge dragon fruit farm community to be grown
2020-05-11
A local investor has created a large-scale dragon farm community in Preah Vihear province in response to local and export demand.Continue Reading
PAKISTAN: Mango exports likely to drop this year due to coronavirus
2020-05-08
SOURCE: Pakistan Today As the mango exports from Pakistan are expected to kick off with a delay and in apparently less quantity due to the coronavirus pandemic, the exporters have requested the officials to allow the labor from South Punjab to travel and work in mango orchards to save billionsContinue Reading
INDIA: ICAR scientists brave COVID-19 risks to control banana wilt disease
2020-05-08
SOURCE: Laxmi Devi, Business Insider Unfazed by the COVID-19 risks, farm scientists from two Lucknow-based ICAR institutes are on the front line to control a fungal disease in banana crop especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ahead of the planting season. Fusarium wilt with tropical race 4 (TR4) strain isContinue Reading
SOUTH AFRICA: Pineapple sales increase 10 times as South Africans continue making homemade brew
2020-05-05
SOURCE: SA People News Alcohol consumers in South Africa are getting plastered on pineapples after the nationwide alcohol ban in lockdown sparked a craze of turning the tropical fruit into powerful home-brew. Supermarket bosses have revealed that 10 times as many pineapples are being sold at TWICE the price sinceContinue Reading
PAKISTAN: Mango harvesting in limbo as laborers stranded
2020-05-04
SOURCE: Shahid Shah, The International News Mango traders and growers are worried over labour shortage in orchards due to lockdown-led transport unavailability as harvesting is just around the corner, it was learnt on Monday. Mango plucking is about to start in Sindh from next week and unavailability of workers raisesContinue Reading
TFNet welcomes the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) as its latest Associate Member
2020-05-04
With over 50 years of productive research contribution in Malaysia, MARDI is a leading agricultural research agency that has been mandated to conduct research and development in agriculture, food, and agro-based industries. Continue Reading
TFNet welcomes the MARDI as its latest Associate Member
2020-05-04
The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) recently joined TFNet as an Associate Member.Continue Reading
BRAZIL: Fruit not being flown off, still shipping by sea
2020-05-01
SOURCE: Bruna Garcia Fonseca, ANBA Virtually no fruit is being flown off from Brazil right now. Since volumes are not enough to fill up a cargo plane, most of the product used to ship in the cargo compartment in regular flights, which are grounded amid the worldwide quarantine. Some 10%Continue Reading
USA: People are buying more avocados and less bacon as coronavirus shifts eating patterns
2020-04-30
SOURCE: LA Times The coronavirus outbreak has transformed the way the world eats. There is no trend, exactly, other than this: People want comfort. They also want to eat their way to stronger immune systems. They’re stress baking, but they’re also eating healthier foods than they would have at restaurants.Continue Reading
AUSTRALIA: Papaya demand returning to normal for the autumn season
2020-04-29
SOURCE: Matt Russell, Freshplaza Demand for Australian papaya has returned to normal, following the increase in retail purchasing immediately following the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. North Queensland growers, Skybury, noticed a small reduction in demand following the ‘panic buying’ that Australia went through, but it has now levelled out with retailersContinue Reading
INDIA: After huge sale of fruits, e-thottam to become app
2020-04-27
SOURCE: A Selvaraj, Gadgets Now Having ramped up vegetable and fruits procurement and sale from 300 tonnes to 3,500 tonnes, the horticulture department now plans to make its e-thottam platform a full-fledged mobile app which will work on android and iOS mobiles. Having so far door-delivered 1,000 tonnes of freshContinue Reading
USA: ‘It is getting critical’ as Hawaiian farms struggle with loss of buyers
2020-04-26
SOURCE: Ryan Finnerty, Hawaii Public Radio With hotels, restaurants, and farmers largely shuttered, demand for fresh, local produce has plummeted. The loss of revenue puts future harvests at risk. Local farmers are experiencing a cash crunch, according to Brian Miyamoto, director of the Hawaii Farm Bureau. He says a wideContinue Reading