Original source: Tom Major, ABC New mango varieties grown on a north Queensland farm have been given the taste test for the first time, with retail trials passing the first hurdle. The breeds, known by their plant breeding codes NMBP 1243, 1201 and 4069 are potential successors to popular varieties,Continue 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: Nepal 24 Hours Dhankuta district was famous for exporting toothsome orange creating its niche market among consumers in the eastern Terai and also in adjoining Indian markets of Bihar and West Bengal. Once a synonym of orange production in eastern hills of Nepal, Dhankuta, of late, is turningContinue 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
Many enterprises have made efforts to purchase fruits to help farmers to go through the current difficult period. Many solutions have been put forward by enterprises to improve the situation of spontaneous agricultural product rescue.Continue Reading
With the comprehensive strategic partnership and large purchasing power, Vietnam and India have large potential to increase two-way trade via boosting the export of their strong commodities to each other’s markets, trade officials of the two countries said.Continue 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
Original Source: Pius Maundu, Daily Nation A drive on the Machakos-Wote Road at this particular time of the year leaves many in awe, especially the first-time visitors. The area is dotted with thousands of mango trees that can be spotted from afar, with their branches sagging under the weight ofContinue Reading
Original Source: Checkout Irish fruit grower, importer and distributor Keelings has acquired a pineapple farm in Costa Rica. The farm boasts 900 hectares of land, 460 employees and a modern pack-house which produces over 24 million pineapples each year. In a statement Keelings said that Las Brisas is the onlyContinue Reading
A delegation of Taiwanese experts in the cultivation of bananas has traveled to Honduras in a Technical Cooperation Mission with the objective of evaluating and improving the conditions of banana.Continue Reading
Tim Gottwald will never forget the sight: the mottled yellow leaves, the withered branches, the small, misshapen fruits, tinged with sickly green.Continue Reading
The prices of durians in Malaysia have dipped as demand from China fell following the novel coronavirus outbreak.Continue Reading