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    Date palms are an iconic feature of landscapes in the Middle East and North Africa. These graceful trees are one of the oldest known fruit crops and have been cultivated for well over 5,000 years, providing sustenance for generations.   To this day, dates have been an important internationalContinue Reading

by Fabian Koh, Straits Times     A drought in Malaysia has led to a spike in durian prices, with some sellers here charging over $10 a kilogram more than they were a year ago.   June and July usually form the peak season for the ‘king of fruits’ but theContinue Reading

by Muhammad Luqman, samaa.tv     Malik Mazhar Sandheela, the owner of an orchard near river Chenab in Multan is eying a 100 percent increase in the income from his mango crop this year.   To him, adoption of new production and pest management techniques have led to increase in theContinue Reading

by Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters   Venezuela’s mango season is providing some relief during worsening food shortages that are forcing the poor to skip meals and sparking a rash of lootings.   Facing Soviet-style food lines for increasingly scarce products at supermarkets, more and more people are turning to the South AmericanContinue Reading

by Zac Sarian, Manila Bulletin     A lady lawyer who is developing a farm in northern Luzon consulted us on what’s new in fruit trees. She said she has bought practically every variety from our nursery in Teresa, Rizal.   We learned that she is developing about eight hectaresContinue Reading

  Betzabeth Marquez, the head of the Compensation for Competitiveness Program (Agroideas) stated that the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) will invest more than 44 million soles in the regions of Piura and Lambayeque to replace rice and other basic agricultural product crops with organic banana and avocado crops.Continue Reading

  “As soon as the ban to export Dominican avocados to the United States was abolished, producers and exporters began to make plans for this year’s campaign. Local consumption and export estimates have doubled and they will continue to grow year after year, as producers are interested in growing moreContinue Reading

  The Chilean Hass avocado industry is looking to build on last season’s exports of around 90,000 metric tons (MT), particularly in China where volumes are still small but are growing very quickly.   Chilean Hass Avocado Committee managing director Juan Enrique Lazo told www.freshfruitportal.com the industry only shipped one container when theContinue Reading

by Kim Honan, ABC News   University of New England PhD candidate Aaron Aeberli said different sensor systems could be attached to satellites or drones.   “Remote sensing records the interaction of different objects to different levels of electromagnetic radiation systems,” he said.   Mr Aeberli said the technology wasContinue Reading

  According to the mayor Palos Blancos, Beimer Mamani Montero, 60% to 70% of the papaya crops in the municipalities of South Yungas, Palos Blancos, Tipuani, Teoponte, and Alto Beni are being affected by a plague.   Papaya is one of the most cultivated products throughout this area because ofContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet     The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revealed that the final 2015/16 Florida orange crop estimate stands at 81.5m boxes, which marks a 16 per cent decrease from the previous year’s result.   During the 2014/15 season, Florida produced 96.8m boxes of oranges.  Continue Reading