News (Page 169)

by Gabrielle Easter, Fruitnet     Ecuador will begin its first airfreight of fresh mangoes to China this month since gaining access earlier this year.   President of the Mango Ecuador Foundation, Sergio Cedeño, said the first airfreight shipments would begin this week, with seafreight shipments to be trialled inContinue Reading

by Rohit P.S, The Hindu   While the jury is still out on the fruit, sale and use of papaya leaf extract is seeing a rise in the city, thanks to increase in dengue cases.   The use of papaya for treating several health problems has been documented in textsContinue Reading

by Charlie McKillop and Marty McCarthy, abc news     Authorities say the latest possible detection is on a different property to the Tully Valley farm, owned by the Robson family, which has been under strict quarantine since March last year.   Last month, the banana industry agreed to increase grower levies to fund the purchase ofContinue Reading

by Courtney Fowler, abc news     The initiative, being coordinated by the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, is studying commercial varieties of jackfruit, rambutan and passionfruit.   Senior horticulturalist Mark Hoult said the emphasis of his research was on increasing production, improving fruit quality, consistency and newContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet     Additional fruit from the Northern Territory could see Australia’s mango trade with the US double over the 2016/17 season, according to ABC Rural.   Around 100 tonnes of Queensland-grown mangoes were shipped to the North American nation last season. The first consignment of Northern Territory-grownContinue Reading

    Australia has given the green light for Vietnamese fresh mango to be imported into the country after nine years of negotiations, making it the second Vietnamese fruit, after litchi, to be presenting in the demanding market.   The Việt Nam Trade Office in Australia said the first shipmentsContinue Reading

by Ians, I4U News   Wastage of mangoes cultivated in India, the world’s top producer, due to flawed post-harvest practices can be countered by tweaking certain genes in the “King of Fruits”, say Indian researchers who have identified the ones most prominently involved in ripening of the juicy ‘dashehri’ variety.Continue Reading

    “Now is the ideal moment to harvest our mangoes,” states Sigfrido Molina, manager of Sigfrido Fruit. Despite there being large producers which kicked off early this year, this producer, importer and exporter has been one of the last to start their Spanish mango campaign.   “Two years ago,Continue Reading

by Daniel Fitzgerald, abc news     An early start to the wet season saw more than 100 millimetres fall over a few days in the main melon-growing regions around Katherine and Mataranka.   Mataranka melon grower Kane Younghusband said the rain was likely to prolong harvest for another few weeks.   “SomeContinue Reading

by Kelly den Herder, Fresh Plaza     August and September are the months when Panama’s pineapple production reaches its peak, unlike the production of Costa Rica, which falls due to the natural flowering. Currently, prices of pineapples in the European market are very high due to the lack of supplyContinue Reading

by Matt Brann, abc news     The early fruit from Kununurra is expected to fetch a premium price, with previous years suggesting a price-tag of up to $100 a tray.   Based in Kununurra, Geoff Warnock, from the Australian Mango Industry Association, said the quality of the first fruit lookedContinue Reading