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by Alice Waithera, The Star   Avocado farmers have been cautioned against a disease that has been detected in Murang’a and neighbouring counties.   Olivado EPZ Ltd field officer Michael Gitahi said the disease known as Phytophthora has been identified in Kandara and Gikindu areas in Murang’a county and Thika regionContinue Reading

by Fresh Fruit Portal   A flood of Mexican product dampened the market in October, but Chile has still notched a good season in China as it gears up for volume growth in 2016-17.   Chilean Hass Avocado Committee CEO Juan Enrique Lazo told www.freshfruitportal.com there was great expectation for Chilean avocadosContinue Reading

  The Colombian Agricultural Institute, ICA proclaimed three insects as pests that needed official control in the cultivation of Persea americana miller avocados and established measures to manage and control them in Colombia.   The pests are the Lauri Heilipus Boheman seed borer (Coleoptera:curculionidae), the Heilipus trifasciatus seed borer (Fabricius),Continue Reading

  Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa, the Mexican Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, confirmed to EL MUNDO on Thursday that Mexico will denounce Costa Rica to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for suspending Hass avocado imports claiming that they took this measure to defend their food security.  Continue Reading

  The poor results achieved in the most recent citrus campaigns, combined with the growing popularity of tropical fruits, are leading to significant changes in the fields of Cadiz and Malaga.   “Five or six years ago, avocados started being planted in Valle del Guadiaro, Cadiz, where the yield perContinue Reading

  Iranian watermelons are expected to flood the Bulgarian market in the summer, as their price, taking logistics costs into account, will be really low, predicts Alexander Yotsev, board member of the Bulgarian Industrial Association and executive director of the Union of food business operators in Bulgaria.   The importContinue Reading

by Dickens Luvanda, hivisasa   The Ministry of Agriculture intends to partner with the county government of Uasin Gishu to sensitise locals on the importance of avocado farming.   The ministry also intends to provide avocado seeds to every interested farmer in the county.   Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett said theContinue Reading

by Nichola Watson, Fresh Plaza   There has been a lot in the news about how the drought is severely affecting the fruit production in South Africa and while the situation is very serious in most fruit producing regions it is not the case for Sundays River citrus grower Hannes DeContinue Reading

by Kevin Bouffard, The Ledger   Florida’s proposed $80 billion budget for 2016-17 includes $31.1 million for the state’s citrus industry, but as much as 40 percent of that could face Gov. Rick Scott’s veto pen.   In particular peril is $7 million of the proposed legislative budget for marketing programsContinue Reading

  The banana is the Argentineans favorite and most consumed fruit: per capita consumption stands at more than 12 kilograms per year. Argentina produces bananas in a tropical area in the north of the country but local production only supplies a fraction of what is consumed in the country. Instead,Continue Reading

by Lominda Afedraru, All Africa   In crop agriculture, genetic modification (GM) technology has been used to improve appearance, taste, nutritional quality as well as drought, pest and disease tolerance.   The most adopted trait is that of herbicide tolerance, which enables weed control through chemical application as opposed to handContinue Reading