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  The discovery of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) in crops around Katherine back in 2014, meant the destruction of crops and quarantine restrictions placed on over 20 farms. The lifting of these quarantine measures last month has seen some growers already start planting again.   Mick Jakob fromContinue Reading

  Earlier this year the forthcoming India mango crop looked to be around 10% to 15% higher than the 2015 season, however recent heavy rains could affect those optimistic predictions.   Parts of the country have been battered by rainfall and some isolated hailstorms over the last few days, including someContinue Reading

  Quindio is the fourth largest producer of pineapple, with great potential for the international market.   Pineapple crops in Quindio, especially of the Golden variety, are a very important economic opportunity and producers should be provided with as much support as possible. The country and the world are consumingContinue Reading

  The primary objective of exporters and importers, who appealed to the Executive so that it intervened in the conflict with Mexico due to the ban on avocados, is avoiding trade and economic sanctions from the World Trade Organization (WTO).   The members of the Chamber of Importers of PerishablesContinue Reading

  It has been estimated that the world’s avocado consumption will increase by between 10% and 15% in the coming years. This news was to be expected, given the fruit’s high content of essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which have motivated a steady growth in demand. Furthermore, these beneficialContinue Reading

by Zeeshan Shaikh, The Indian Express   Mango growers in the country are planning to increase the volume of export of their produce to the United States this year. Last year, India exported 271 metric tonnes of mangoes to the US. Officials hope the figure will go up to 400Continue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   The Philippines Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) has said that the country’s banana industry could be facing a number of tough obstacles as it looks to recover from a disappointing 2015.   The organisation said that the industry was facing threats from El Nino, PanamaContinue Reading

  The banana is the most consumed fruit in Argentina. Per capita consumption averages more than 12 kilograms per year. Argentina produces bananas in a tropical zone in the north of the country, but the local production only serves to supply a fraction of the market. Instead, imported bananas dominateContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   This season’s Florida orange crop has increased by 3 per cent to 71m boxes, according to projections made by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture.   The 2m box increase in oranges is a result of a higher estimate for thisContinue Reading

by ichola Watson, Fresh Plaza   The citrus harvest is under way in some areas of South Africa. In the north around the Hoedspruit area, volumes of grapefruit will be down by as much as 2 million boxes due to hail last year and the prolonged drought.   Other citrus fruitContinue Reading

by Nathaneal Johnson, Grist     In the winter of 2014, students at Iowa State University received emails asking them to volunteer for an experiment. Researchers were looking for women who would eat bananas that had been genetically engineered to produce extra carotenes, the yellow-orange nutrients that take their nameContinue Reading