The 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2019) was held at the Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24-26 September, organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) with the support of the Fruit andContinue Reading
Cambodian mangoes could soon be consumed in Japan with the Cambodian government recently requesting Japanese authorities to accelerate the process of greenlighting imports of the fruit. If Japanese authorities accept Cambodia’s request, Japan would become one of the few East Asian countries importing Cambodian mangoes. South Korea will receiveContinue Reading
A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness certificate this week for the avocado weighing 5.6 pounds (2.54 kilograms), The Maui News reported Thursday. The average avocado weighsContinue Reading
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an emergency project under its Technical Cooperation Programme to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the spread of Fusarium wilt, a fungal plant disease that can wipe out the banana crops upon which the livelihoodsContinue Reading
A P306-million (USD 6.06 million) pineapple packing plant facility can help Lanao del Sur province recover from conflicts started by the Maute terrorist group, officials said Tuesday. The setting up of the facility in Wao town in the first district of Lanao del Sur is a tie-up between theContinue Reading
On 1 October the first container of pineapples from Panama was exported to China, marking the start of a Panama government initiative to promote its produce in China. This shipment, featuring pineapples grown in the La Chorrera region, will be the first of 12.5 containers per week, setContinue Reading
Before and after photographs show the impact of a devastating drought in Chile, with a lush field becoming desert-like. Images show how the land has become barren, with the bones of starved animals lying on the ground – but the avocado crops are still verdant. Cultivation of theContinue Reading
The drought in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the leading pineapple producer in the country, has caused the loss of 5,000 hectares of fruit and a decrease in sizes, the leader of the producers of Ciudad Isla and Rodriguez Clara, Alfonso Barrera, stated. According to Barrera, the fruitContinue Reading
The newly sequenced pineapple genome has offered researchers fresh insights into the plant domestication process. Pineapple varieties are grown for a variety of purposes: for fiber, as an ornamental and, most famously, as a delicious fruit. Scientists at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the UniversityContinue Reading
Traders, farmers and other stakeholders from 14 counties have formed an association to promote commercial farming of mangoes and bargain for better prices for their members. Association of Kenya Mango Traders (AKMT) founding chief executive Linah Mukami said mainstreaming of the mangoes as a key cash crop will strengthenContinue Reading
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has invaded the Americas — the source of much of the world’s banana supply. The invasion has given new urgency to efforts to create fruit that can withstand the scourge. Continue Reading
In Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, in 2017, there were around 6,000 hectares of dragon fruit plants, concentrating in Cho Gao District. Since 2018 to now, although the price of dragon fruits has continuously marched down and investment cost is extremely high which is around VND250-VND350 million per hectare,Continue Reading