A muddy road stretching for about 2km from Mitunguu Town in Meru County leads us to Verdant Farm in Rwompo village. The farm can be described as a banana haven and is run by Oscar Gitonga, 28. Gitonga, a telecommunication engineer turned farmer, grows the bananas on 30Continue Reading
Sarawak, through local fruits exporter Top Fruits (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd, made its first-ever shipment of frozen durian paste to China today, sending 16 tonnes to what is becoming a voracious market for the king of fruits. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas launched the shipment atContinue Reading
No summer afternoon without chilled watermelons. But two unlikely men in southeast Bangladesh are bending the rules and harvesting watermelons before summer heats up. The risk-taking duo Binoy Chakma and Pravakar Chakma from Karalachari village in Mahalchhari upazila, Khagrachhari district, started to bear the fruits of hard workContinue Reading
Fusarium wilt of watermelon is common problem in Florida where resistant varieties are not used, but it might occur to some extent even when resistant varieties are used. Fusarium wilt is cased by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum fsp. Niveum. Identification Typically, the first noticeable symptom is that oneContinue Reading
It may have been a flop for broccoli and cabbages but the hot wet end to summer has Kiwi-grown tropical fruit flourishing. The summer season was a flop for leafy green vegetable growers across the country, with many crops rotting, causing prices to spike. But bananas andContinue Reading
Peru’s avocado exports soared in both volume and value during the 2017 season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri). The entity said export volumes rose 27% year-on-year to 247,000 metric tons (MT), with the value soaring 46% to US$580 million. According to International Trade CenterContinue Reading
A machine learning algorithm for detecting ripeness levels in papaya fruit could help both shoppers and producers. If you’re in the market to buy fresh papayas, it can be a challenge to figure out ripeness based on peel color without also squeezing the fruit to test for softness. AContinue Reading
Common sense says a papaya is ripe when the peel is yellow, whereas a green peel is a sign the fruit is far from sufficiently mature. This is often correct, but there are many exceptions. “Yellow peel doesn’t always mean the fruit is ripe in the sense that itsContinue Reading
Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports are expected to top US$4.5 billion by 2020, with fruits accounting for $3.6 billion, according to the Crop Production Department. Speaking at a seminar on the potential and development orientation of horticulture and floriculture in Việt Nam, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, director of theContinue Reading
Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta has called on companies to strengthen cooperation with local farmers in boosting the export of fruits, especially the city’s three key fruits of longan, star apple and mango. The city grows 98,000 tonnes of fruits in more than 17,120ha of orchards,Continue Reading
Khagrachhari gardeners are eyeing a bumper production of mango this season as trees are in full bloom in every orchard in the district. Mango growers said favourable weather conditions have helped large scale flowering of the trees this season and they are expecting a bumper production of theContinue Reading
With conducive weather and alternate year for mango crop, the production of the fruit may increase by 10 to 15% in Uttar Pradesh. Orchards are in full bloom and flowering has been higher than last year. The horticulture scientists said that if wind speed and climate remained favourable, the seasonContinue Reading
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