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Low-altitude aerial images can detect laurel wilt, a devastating avocado disease, giving growers an early way to identify diseased trees and perhaps help reduce losses to the $100 million-a-year economic impact avocados provide Florida.   Reza Ehsani, an associate professor in agricultural and biological engineering at the UF/IFAS Citrus ResearchContinue Reading

by Anitha Pailoor, Decan Herald   The demand for jackfruit is on the rise. Traders from Hyderabad buy raw jackfruit straight from the farm, while there is a good market for fruits in Bengaluru.” Krishnamurthy, a farmer from Venkatagiri Kote situated near the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway, is confident about the futureContinue Reading

Local farmers of villages in Kabirdham district are opting for the soil test before cultivation of suitable vegetable and fruit-bearing plants. A local farmer doubled his income by growing papaya after testing soil on his land.   Parasram of village Bundeli in Sahaspur Lohara Development Block has grown papayas onContinue Reading

Farmers in northern Hung Yen province have reason to cheer as their first batch of longan will be dispatched to the United States shortly.   According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Doan Thi Chai, the province has more than 20 hectares ofContinue Reading

The melon and watermelon harvest in Almeria’s greenhouses is currently about half way through.   Melon prices have dropped slightly, with yellow melons reaching the highest levels, as they are sold for 0.30 to 0.60 Euro per kilo and Galia melons are sold for 0.30 to 0.40 Euro, while theContinue Reading

by May Kunmakara, Phnom Penh Post   Tokyo-based conglomerate All Nippon Airways Trading (ANA) is in talks with the Mong Reththy Group (MRG), to establish a banana plantation with plans to export to Japan, the Cambodian agriculture tycoon said on Friday.   Chairman of MRG, Mong Reththy, who is also aContinue Reading

Jamaica is looking to increase its export of bananas to the United Kingdom one year after re-entering the market.   Jamaica resumed shipments in June 2014 after a six-year absence, due mainly to changes to the preferential agreement with the UK, as well as the effects of several hurricanes onContinue Reading

by Sarah Macdonald, Times of Oman   A rare banana found in an oasis in Jebel Bani Jaber near Tiwi has pest-resistant characteristics that could help protect the global banana industry, said a German plant scientist.   Dr Andreas Buerkert, from the University of Kassel in Germany, together with DrContinue Reading

by Rohani Mohd Ibrahim, Bernama   The ‘Musang King’ durian from Malaysia is much liked and highly demanded by the people in China and in 2013, the fruit was awarded China’s television stations’ CCTV 10 Best Agriculture Award, says Sean Lee, a Malaysian who runs a cafe chain in China.  Continue Reading

The litchi growers are happy now following a bumper production with lucrative prices of the delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit that has already appeared everywhere in the city.     The city is flooded with stocks from Gumla, Ranchi, Simdega, Khunti and Ramgarh. Orchards in Ranchi district’s Namkum, Bariatu,Continue Reading

by Sunish Jacob Mathew, On Manamara   Conventionally, the fibre of plantain stems has for long been considered to be of no use. But a women’s self-help group in Chennai has proved the conventional wisdom wrong.     They have proved that plantain fibre can be used to weave high-qualityContinue Reading