Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that a 500-hectare agro park will be established for the cultivation of mango in order to facilitate the export of the fruit to the United States (US). He said that the orchard will be set up in theContinue Reading
The 7th General Assembly (GA) of the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) was held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on 24 September 2018, a day before the TFNet-led International Conference on Tropical Fruit Pests and Diseases (TROPED 2018). Twenty three delegates were present during the assembly, including eightContinue Reading
Star fruit growers are still feeling the effects from Hurricane Irma, a year after the storm swept through South Florida. Trees are still recovering and as a result, supplies have been a little slower than usual. More recently, Tropical Storm Gordon passed through the region, leaving with it heavy rains.Continue Reading
A rare fruit could wind up in U.S. stores in the near future after scientists spliced its DNA to make it heartier and more efficient. It’s called the groundcherry, and its success could lead to the modification of more rare fruits and vegetables. Found in Central and South America,Continue Reading
The year was 1914, and two fruit growers went to Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles to buy one of the new fruits they’d been hearing so much about. They were expensive at $1 each, and they had an unusual name: the Alligator Pear. Undaunted, the growers slicedContinue Reading
Brazil has sent its first-ever mango shipment to South Africa, following an export agreement recently reached between the two countries after three years of negotiations. The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) reported that South Africa has now opened its market for mangoes grown in the SãoContinue Reading
Israel’s MediWound Ltd., a biotech firm that makes burn and wound treatments, said that it has received a new contract for up to $43 million from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to adapt its lead product, a gel based on pineapple enzymes for the treatment ofContinue Reading
A promotional event was held in New Delhi, India on September 25 to advertise dragon fruit from the south central province of Bình Thuận in an effort to expand ties between agricultural exporters from Việt Nam and India. Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Tôn Sinh ThanhContinue Reading
Mango peel could be used to break down oil sludge, according to new research. University of South Australia researcher Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw has proven an extract of the fruit’s peel can be used to “synthesise” the material that can break down contaminated soil. Currently, boron hydride isContinue Reading
Sabah’s native fruits such as tarap, bambangan, durian dalit or red-fleshed durian and many other wild fruit species have great market potential but remain economically untapped, said the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal. He said tropical fruits like pineapples, durians, bananas and avocadoes also had huge marketContinue Reading
A severe strike in Costa Rica over the last two weeks has heavily affected the banana and pineapple industries, with the latter suffering multi-million dollar losses. The standstill by the country’s unions began on Sept. 10 in response to the government’s proposed tax reforms which would mean an increaseContinue Reading
When Telesphore Ruzigamanzi, a smallholder banana farmer from a remote village in Eastern Rwanda, discovered a peculiar yellowish hue on his crop before it started to dry up, he did not give it the due consideration it deserved. “I was thinking that it was the unusually dry weather causingContinue Reading
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