Mango orchard owners and traders of Rajshahi are afraid of incurring a big loss during the coming mango season as they are apprehending damage of blossoms due to severe cold and dense fog. It is learnt, to ensure a bumper production of mango, owners of the orchards have sprayed insecticidesContinue Reading
By Hillary Ojeda, Peru This Week Consulting firm Maximixe sees production of bananas and plantains to increase 2.6% and bring with it a sum of US$ 136.9 million in exports in 2015. The consulting firm announced that this 2.6% increase in production is a result of planting andContinue Reading
Aviv Flowers Packing House has taken one of the produce industry’s most prestigious prizes, with a seedless papaya that boasts a complex flavor, a long shelf life and a lack of any pungent aftertaste. The ‘Aurora’ papaya was 12 years in the making for breeder Assaf Avizohar, whose production wasContinue Reading
Banana Freckle Virus has crippled crops across the Northern Territory and teams are working around the clock to eradicate it before it spreads further. The disease significantly reduces the growth of leaves and bunches of fruit on trees, as well as impacting appearance. The only way to stopContinue Reading
“Last year, we exported 92% of what we produced to Europe, but this year we are reducing our volume of shipments to European destinations to 75% because we are afraid of what might happen to the Euro,” said Aingeru García, manager of APPBOSA. Given the significant devaluation of theContinue Reading
The banana growers at different upazilas in the district are overjoyed, as they are making handsome profit by cultivating the crop on their lands in recent years. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), different varieties of banana are being grown abundantly in the district including Malbhog, Sagor,Continue Reading
The timing of the U.S. market opening couldn’t have been better for Australian litchi growers, who have seen their bumper crop running much later than normal. In a release, grower-owned litch supplier representative The Avolution said while the harvest normally began in Far North Queensland in October, this year’sContinue Reading
by Parthasarathi Biswas, Indian Express Ahead of another mango season, the Pune fruit market is staring at a likely loss. Traders and farmers have not forgotten last year’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raids that destroyed lakhs of mangoes for using calcium carbide to hasten the ripening process. They saidContinue Reading
by Laiqh A. Kahn, The Hindu Until a few years ago, the harvest of mangoes used to alternate between ‘on year’ – when yield is bountiful – and ‘off year’, when the yield is scarce. This is no longer the case in Mysuru, say Horticulture Department officials in Mysuru.Continue Reading
by Marc Nkwame, Daily News A programme aiming to assist banana and sweet potato growers in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia in securing reliable markets was launched here, targeting to benefit nearly 100,000 families in Tanzania alone. The four-year initiative dubbed ‘SeFaMaCo,’ short for ‘Seed-Farmer-Markets Consumer,’ funded by BillContinue Reading
Minimal processing of fruits is becoming popular due to the increasing consumer preference for ready-to-eat convenient foods, the proliferation of supermarkets and expanding middle class. The process involves peeling or dehusking, cutting and packaging the fruit in a hygienic setting before it is stored or distributed in aContinue Reading
In 2012, the estimated world banana and other tropical fruit production were 101 million tonnes and 20 million tonnes respectively. Besides banana, mango was the main fruit produced accounting for almost 40 percent of total production followed by pineapple 25 percent, papaya 10 percent and avocado at 4 percent.Continue Reading
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