Thought to have been domesticated in South Asia by 9,000 BCE, jujube has been enjoyed across the region for a very long time. Today, it would be hard to find a place in Bangladesh more closely associated with the fruit than the village of Bhatpara in Mandabaria union of Jhenidah’sContinue Reading
Markets can expect smaller counts on South African pomegranates this season, with a concomitant drop of between 20 to 25% on export volumes. The first Acco and Herskovitz from the Western Cape have been shipped and should arrive in Europe by week 10. The Wonderful harvest is imminent forContinue Reading
The sudden rise in temperature over the last few days has exposed the much-loved Alphonso mangoes to the risk of sunburn and fruit dropping. Mango growers said that the heat spell has come a little early this year, with day temperatures soaring above 35 degrees C in Ratnagiri. Continue Reading
The South African government is strengthening the regulatory framework to prevent and combat the spread of the Oriental fruit fly within the country. The Department of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is alerting individuals‚ municipal authorities‚ traditional authorities‚ community members‚ farmers‚ fruit and vegetables industries and universities about amendedContinue Reading
People from Sydney’s Vietnamese community view picking lychees as a way for their urban-raised children to gain an understanding of farm life and food production. For more than 20 years busloads of predominately Vietnamese and some Chinese have descended on Ted and Elizabeth Knoblock’s lychee farm just south ofContinue Reading
A wild durian tree in the central Tongod district of Sabah is set to become a tourist attraction. The tree, also known as ‘red durian tree’, has been recognised for being the oldest and tallest tree in Tongod. At an acknowledgement ceremony, Kuamat assemblyman Datuk Masiung Banah said the tree,Continue Reading
The festival is the first attempt by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) to boost banana cultivation. Thiruvananthapuram hosted the National Banana Festival on Sunday, in which over 150 varieties of the state’s favourite fruit were displayed. From south Kerala’s own Kappapazham (red banana) toContinue Reading
Farmer Ephantus Mwangi in Kitale had not considered farming until he and his wife Pauline visited the Netherlands at the invitation of a Dutch couple with whom they worked on youth mentorship. Their passion was helping pregnant teens, young mothers and babies, and they set up a rescue home outsideContinue Reading
Dragon fruit growers struggling to stay afloat have criticised the Federal Government for what they said is complete ignorance of the negative fallout from trade deals. Marcus Karlsson is a second-generation farmer in the Northern Territory and his family were the first in the country to start producing dragonContinue Reading
A new variety of highly productive banana plants will be distributed to farmers starting next month in a bid to improve banana production and fight disease in one of the priority crops in the country. The move, under the government’s seven year programme which will come to an endContinue Reading
Vietnam earned some US$321 million from fruit and vegetable exports in January 2018, a year-on-year increase of 36.9 per cent, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). China, Japan, the United States and the Republic of Korea remained the biggest importers of Vietnamese fruits and vegetablesContinue Reading
When Heather Rhoades bought her first indoor orange tree nearly 20 years ago, she had to order it from a specialty online retailer. Now, it’s not uncommon to find citrus trees at local gardening centers or big box stores, said Rhoades, owner of Gardening Know How, an online resource basedContinue Reading
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