A wide array of fruits were on display at the three-day fruit exhibition at AKM Giasuddin Milky Auditorium at Khamarbari in Dhaka. The Ministry of Agriculture organized the expo, which began on Saturday. The exhibition, which will continue till Monday, consists of 84 stalls from 64 organizations including sevenContinue Reading
The Johor State Executive Council has approved the Green Revolution Project for the Development of Johor Unused Land which will see acreage under government agencies planted with crops like the MD2 pineapple and starfruit. Islamic Religious Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee chairman, Tosrin Jarvanthi, said: “This is aContinue Reading
A Kerala town has made it mandatory for all new buildings to plant native fruit trees as a condition for the grant of the occupancy certificate, without which the building cannot be occupied. The Left-governed civic body in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, enforced the new rule on World EnvironmentContinue Reading
Rambutan is starting to gain prominence in Europe’s fruit markets and it has had a great reception among Asian consumers who are on living the continent, as well as in specialty stores. According to the market intelligence platform of the Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries,Continue Reading
The secretary of the Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association (MFVP), was quoted recently in the Burmese press as saying that avocados from Myanmar would be granted market access by China within this year. Export of Burmese avocados to China may officially begin by December orContinue Reading
The horticulture department of Tripura on Tuesday stated that in the last one month the state has supplied 172 lakh pieces of pineapple weighing 193.10 MT to different parts of India and Bangladesh. The pineapples supplied from Tripura also included 113 MT of the world class ‘Queen’ variety.Continue Reading
According to the Agrodata Peru website, Peruvian banana exports between January and April 2019 amounted to 53,854,076 dollars, i.e. nearly 13% less than the 61,866,836 dollars achieved in the same period of 2018. The main export destinations include the Netherlands, which accounts for 30% of shipments, the UnitedContinue Reading
If Perlis is famous for its Harumanis mangoes, Malacca can also be proud of its own mango variant, the Malacca Delite, which is a favourite among locals and tourists to this historical state. One Malacca Delite seller, Fatimah Md Isa, 67, who has a stall located in Kampung Gelam,Continue Reading
On Monday, June 10, the price paid to producers of the giant dwarf banana variety, packed in a wooden box, surpassed the 6 pesos per kilo barrier. This price increase is due to the shortage of fruit that can be cut and the existence of high demand in the nationalContinue Reading
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF2019) has been extended to 28 June 2019. ISTF2019 will be held at the Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24-26 September. It is organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet)Continue Reading
The Philippines is struggling under the weight of a sweet but troublesome burden: a glut of 2m mangoes. The agriculture secretary, Emmanuel Piñol, said mango farmers had reported an “unusual increase” in the harvest, which they had attributed to El Niño, the climate phenomenon that has led to unusuallyContinue Reading
A Sh20 million (USD 35k) banana winery is going up in Igoji East ward and Meru county is seeking financial aid from the World Bank. The winery is expected to raise the income of exploited farmers who have been falling prey to middlemen who buy at low prices. Continue Reading
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