A drive from Nairobi to Chuka is refreshing, especially for a first-time visitor, as one enjoys the spectacular views of hills yonder. Then there is the sight of women selling ripe mangoes and bananas on the roadside whetting one’s appetite for a fresh, juicy fruit. This isContinue Reading
Banyuwangi in East Java is one of the nation’s main producers of dragon fruit, growing the fruit in a variety of ways, including organically, for tourists visiting the region. At the foot of Gunung Raung lies Tegalarum village, which is known for its organic dragon fruit that is cultivatedContinue Reading
First there was the cocktail avocado from Spain, which had an edible skin. Now, meet the Mongee (pronounced “mon-gay”) banana from Japan, whose skin is also edible. Yes, you read that right: You can eat the skin of this particular banana. The Mongee Banana is grown by D&TContinue Reading
The Lima Chamber of Commerce’s Foreign Trade Development and Research Institute (Idexcam) has forecast significant growth for Peru’s export banana sector. In a release, Idexcam executive director Carlos Posada highlighted forecasts for at least 10% growth over the next three years, following an increase of 4% year-on-year between JanuaryContinue Reading
The first batch of Vietnamese star apples has been exported to the US by the Cat Tuong Agricultural Products Producing & Processing Co Ltd from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and provincial authorities yesterday. With the shipment, VietnamContinue Reading
Guinness World Records confirmed this week that a Hawaii woman found the world’s heaviest avocado. Pamela Wang was on her daily walk when she made the discovery — a 5-pound, 3.6-ounce avocado in December. News of the find made her and the oversized fruit a national andContinue Reading
Retailer’s ‘cocktail avocado’ can be eaten whole and may help end problem of people slicing their hands while removing the seed. Marks & Spencer has begun selling a stoneless avocado that could help banish the pain of “avocado hand”. The so-called cocktail avocado is 5cm-8cm (2in-3in) inContinue Reading
Enterprises in Vietnam and China have signed principle contracts on watermelon trade in 2018 and the following years at a conference held in the central province of Quang Ngai on December 6. The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in conjunction with Quang Ngai provinceContinue Reading
China’s love of a pungent, football-sized thorny fruit is skyrocketing, and Malaysia wants a piece of it. The value of China’s fresh imports of durian fruit has climbed an average of 26 percent a year over the past decade, reaching $1.1 billion in 2016, according to United Nations data.Continue Reading
Vietnam exported US$240 million of vegetables and fruits last month, taking the total to US$2.86 billion in the year to end-October, up 42.6% year-on-year. Revenue from vegetable and fruit exports exceeded that of Vietnam’s key export products such as rice, crude oil and coal. Analysts said the target for someContinue Reading
Two new mango varieties named Agri-Gardina 45 and Gadung 21 were launched during the Indonesian Mango Mass Propagation and Germplasm Exibition Cukur Gondang, Pasuruan, East Java on 3-5 November 2017. Dr. Ellina Mansyah, Director of the Indonesia Tropical Fruit Research Institute (ITFRI), says that both varieties have a unique tasteContinue Reading
Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology, led by Professor James Dale, have developed Panama disease-resistant bananas by adding a gene found in a wild south-east Asian banana. The project began in 2012 to identify genes in bananas that were resistant to disease. After planting six lines ofContinue Reading
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