Orange juice is a staple on many breakfast tables, but the future availability of citrus products is threatened by the global spread of huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease. Knowing which environmental conditions are suitable for disease transmission and where those conditions occur is vital for cropContinue Reading
The workers at Kay Bee Exports rolled the last of the season’s mangoes down a conveyor belt, brushing and washing the fruits until their marbled green skins glistened. From there, they were packed into crates by the dozen and trucked to nearby markets and airports, bound for shelves in LondonContinue Reading
In a long-feared development, an extremely damaging banana disease has apparently reached Latin America. Late last week, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) in Bogotá confirmed that four plantations in northern Colombia have been quarantined because of suspected infection with Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4), a fungus that kills plantsContinue Reading
Banana farmers in Kerala have formed a Banana Farmers Association as a follow-up to the National Banana Festival hosted here last year by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (Cissa), an NGO. Cissa has been continuing with its efforts across panchayats and inspiring banana farmers toContinue Reading
The President of National Association of Mango Producers, Processors and Marketers of Nigeria, Hon. Abudulkadir Nasir has said that his association is already working on how to stop the waste of mango fruits and make it a competitive export produce. Nasir who regretted that Nigeria loses 700,000 out ofContinue Reading
We’re knee-deep in July, and the sweltering summer heat likely has you craving traditionally warm-weather foods like guacamole. But if you’ve been to the grocery store to stock up for your next pool party, you may have experienced sticker shock: Avocados are reportedly about twice as expensive as they wereContinue Reading
The rising popularity of foods which rely on pollinating insects to grow – such as citrus fruits, avocados and soybeans – are a threat to global food security, experts have warned. Over the last 40 years crop diversity has been in decline, as farmers have prioritized growing theContinue Reading
The Trade Negotiations Department says shipments of fruits and vegetables to China rose by 31% year-on-year to US$1.2 billion in the January-May period, boosted by the Asean-China Free Trade Area. Of the total value, fruit exports accounted for USD 838.61 million, up 123%, while durian represented the largest exportContinue Reading
Local fruits are now way too expensive and this is the main reason why consumers are shunning it, according to feedback. A Finance Ministry official, reacting to a local survey which showed that Malaysians were eating less than half the amount of fruits recommended by the World Health OrganisationContinue Reading
Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association Inc. (PBGEA) Executive Director Stephen Antig said there was a seven percent decrease of exported bananas from Davao Region due to dry spell season. Antig said based on their data for the first quarter of this year, the decrease was about 20 toContinue Reading
With a number of new orchards coming into production, Australia is expecting a bumper crop, with volumes up 9% from last year’s, says Avocados Australia CEO John Tyas. Based on the industry’s latest quarterly forecasting, the nation is set to produce 95,000 metric tons (MT) for the April 2019Continue Reading
On the western flank of Kilimanjaro, a dirt track leads to a once esteemed German coffee farm. The mountain’s slopes in northern Tanzania have long been renowned for quality arabica coffee beans, but here commercial coffee hasn’t been produced in a long time. Instead tens of thousands ofContinue Reading
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