News (Page 208)

  AGRARIAN reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are appealing to the National People’s Army (NPA) to stop harassing big plantations in Mindanao if they really want to help farmers.   “If the NPA rebels are truly for the people, why deprive the masses of their livelihood?,” they said in a statement.  Continue Reading

  Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation has invested $160,000 over three years to support the development of future industry leaders in the Australian banana industry though participation in the Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars program.   Hort Innovation Chief Executive Officer John Lloyd said banana growers serve one of the largestContinue Reading

  Today NZ Avocado Growers’ Association Incorporated (NZAGA) signed the Deed of the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) for Biosecurity Readiness and Response in Tauranga, becoming the eighth Signatory to sign the Deed.   The signing was attended by the Minister for Primary Industries, Hon Nathan Guy, NZAGA Chair Ashby Whitehead,Continue Reading

by Anouk Sijmonsma, Fresh Plaza   For Chinese pomelo exporters, the European market is posing some difficulties. Pressure on prices, waning quality and enhanced food safety restrictions have increased competition and have been taking away margins.   Orient Green is a pomelo growers’ representative from Pinghe, in the heart of oneContinue Reading

  In December 2015, 30,986 tonnes of bananas were shipped by the Canary Islands to the Spanish mainland, while imports from Africa and Latin America amounted to 21,782 tonnes and re-exports to 6,538 tonnes. This means that Spanish consumers had about 46,230 tonnes of bananas at their disposal, which isContinue Reading

 by Clean Malaysia     Durian farmers in Pahang have had enough. Local growers of the “king of fruits” are planning to embark on a two-week-long march next month by foot all the way to Putrajaya in a show of protest at what they see as the government’s mishandling ofContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Japan and the Middle East are the focus of a new export push being coordinated by the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Philippine Daily Inquirer has reported.   The campaign will see 18 Philippine companies travel to Japan in March to attend the International FoodContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Arenewed round of negotiations on the proposed industry buyout of an Australian banana farm infested with the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) Panama disease has again concluded without a deal being reached.   The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) said it would now focus on other optionsContinue Reading

by Emily Chow, Reuters   Malaysian farmers of the famously pungent durian fruit are calling for tighter regulations on mining they say is destroying arable land and tainting the water they need to churn out their yellow, spiky-shelled crop.   Farmers in major growing state Pahang plan to spend nearly twoContinue Reading

by Fresh Plaza   “As was the case with avocados ten or fifteen years ago, papayas are still fairly unknown in Europe, although things are now changing,” affirms Esperanza Rodríguez, sales manager at Tropical Millenium.   Just over a year ago, this Malaga-based company, specialised for years in the productionContinue Reading

by Cecile Lefort, msn   While prices for most Australian commodities are bumping along the floor, local avocados are fetching a king’s ransom thanks to hostile weather, strict quarantine laws and a Christmas binge.   Outside South and Central America, where the fruit is native, Australia has the highest per-capita consumptionContinue Reading