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by Priti Nath Jha, The Times of India   The Shahi litchi, which is primarily grown in Muzaffarpur district, will soon flood the Kerala market from December 20, according to the director of Muzaffarpur-based National Litchi Research Centre (NLRC), Vishalnath.   On his return from Kerala and Karnataka, Vishalnath said onContinue Reading

A British fruit company has recently sought Vietnamese exporters of longans by visiting plantations which grow the tropical fruit in two of the country’s southern provinces.     Mike Dodds, who represents Dorset-based AloeFruitWave, toured longan plantations in Ben Tre and Dong Thap, both located in the Mekong Delta, toContinue Reading

by Noris Ledesma, Miami Herald   Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a tropical tree native to western India that has been cultivated in Florida for more than a century. But now, with superior varieties available and growing techniques updated, it’s time to take advantage of its potential for production.   JackfruitContinue Reading

by Chukwuma Muanya, Nigeria Guardian   Tomorrow is World Diabetes Day! Although there is no cure yet for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Nigerian researchers and their foreign counterparts have identified local plants such as guava, bitter leaf, Egusi melon and figs that will not only reduce bloodContinue Reading

by Aparna Iyer, Times of India   Three engineers and a textile chemist have come together to create a horticulture farm that is turning out to be a model for farmers. Striking a balance between traditional and modern farming, they have reaped a rich harvest of guavas in less than 18Continue Reading

by Nurbaiti Hamdan, The Star   Two days after showcasing the country’s agro-based products on Nov 20, the event chalked up sales worth RM350,000.   The organisers are hoping the figures will hit RM2mil by the time the curtain closes on the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agro-tourism (MAHA) show onContinue Reading

The Ministry of Agriculture is closely monitoring the southern region of Roraima, which has registered the presence of carambola fruit fly pest. It was reported in Vila Martins Pereira, 10 kilometers from the seat of the municipality of Boa Vista. According to the national coordinator for the eradication of theContinue Reading

by Bridget Fitzgerald, ABC.net.au   The summer harvest has begun for growers in Western Australia and New Zealand with bumper crops in both regions.   An influx of avocados in the past two weeks has increased Australia’s average volume by 60 per cent, from about 200,000 trays to 334,000 trays.  Continue Reading

by Vandana Shiva Maya Gobordhun, The Hindu   The Ayurvedic palate covers six different tastes: sweet, salty, pungent, bitter, astringent and sour. Each one of them needs to be included at every meal for us to avail of the goodness they have to offer. The sour taste, for example, isContinue Reading

by John S. Niblock   Aided by good weather, South Carolina’s 2014 watermelon crop recorded a robust gain of 64 percent over last year’s total, according to a National Watermelon Report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As production ended in early August, the state had shipped almost 81 millionContinue Reading

by Carlos Nunez and Yzza Ibrahim   The lychee season in Madagascar has started already, and growers are confident that this year’s crop will have a good quality. They’ll look to capitalize on that good crop by maintaining traditional market and expanding their presence in one new market.   “We expect good qualityContinue Reading