If mango is the king of fruits, the Alphonso variety is the king among mangoes due to its taste, attractive colour and moderate size. However, horticultural scientists are in the process of developing another elite mango variety, which is said to be superior to Alphonso. What is a matterContinue Reading
“It looks like brains!” I said, peeling back the skin of my very first pitaya — a variety of dragonfruit grown in Mexico and Central America — in the small Jalisco town of Techaluta. We were there to pick up the López family’s pitaya harvest and take it onContinue Reading
On May 17, the General Administration of Customs People’s Republic of China (GACC) announced an update to China’s list of allowable imported fruits. Last updated on January 28, 2018, new protocol now allows for the import of Laos bananas. In December 2017, Chinese and Laos delegates negotiated termsContinue Reading
A farmer producer organisation (FPO) in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district is putting the humble jackfruit back on the table. Long ignored in the region, the jackfruit actually lends itself to being transformed into a value-added product or two. However, not much attention is paid to its cultivation by most farmersContinue Reading
The 2018 International Symposia on Horticulture (ISH 2018) will be held in Bali, Indonesia on 27-30 November 2018, organized by the Indonesian Center for Horticulture Research and Development (ICHORD). Bearing the theme “Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Horticulture Supporting Sustainable Development Goals,” ISH 2018 offers the opportunity among horticulture practitionersContinue Reading
The International Symposium on Technology Intervention for Effective Utilization and Marketing of Jackfruit (Jackfest 2018) will be held in Kerala Agriculture University (KAU), Kerala, India on 9-15 July 2018, organized by Department of Agriculture Development & Farmers’ Welfare and KAU. As the official state fruit, Kerala produces 10% of the total jackfruitContinue Reading
Dragon fruit is being commercially farmed in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district, after the successful cultivation of rambutan and malta. For the first time in Bangladesh, dragon fruit is commercially being cultivated in a large area of land. Shibpur UP Chairman Ariful Islam Mridha is commercially farmingContinue Reading
UK demand for fruit increased by 27% last year alone, prompting accusations that growers are illegally diverting rivers and leaving locals without water. British supermarkets are selling thousands of tonnes of avocados produced in a Chilean region where villagers claim vast amounts of water are being diverted, resulting inContinue Reading
Yellow is the new green in the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe. Bananas are the island group’s top agricultural export, and there is growing awareness that farming practices need to change as yields drop and damage from pesticide use rises. Mindful of the biodiversity in his bananaContinue Reading
Hugo Boss recently launched a new line of vegan sneakers made with pineapple-based leather. The limited-edition shoes are part of the BOSS Menswear collection and are available in four colors: blue, black, brown, and yellow. The shoes are made with Piñatex—a vegan alternative to leather made with theContinue Reading
The idea that Malayalis adore the humble jackfruit is clearly an understatement. In Kerala, you don’t just love the bulbous and fleshy ‘chakka’, you are either smitten by it or obsessed with it. How else would you explain the unanimous decision to choose it as the official state fruit?Continue Reading
A team of students from Universitas Hasanuddin (UNHAS) won the silver medal in the tertiary category for biotechnology during the World Young Inventors Exhibition (WYIE) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-12 May 2018. The event brought together hundreds of young inventors from various countries and was held in conjunction with the International Invention,Continue Reading
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