A young group of pawpaw farmers in Sabeto will soon reap the reward of their hard work in four months to come. The Sabeto Organic Papaya Producers Association was established in June last year as a pilot commercial program specifically heading into organic papaya production. The group consists ofContinue Reading
Indian Alphonso mangos, with their buttery texture and sweet taste, are the most sought-after variety. But an EU import ban will make for a less sweet summer – for European mango consumers, and Indian exporters. India’s scorching summer heat with temperatures soaring to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit)Continue Reading
Date palm is the most important fruit in the Saudi Arabian culture, being a staple food with historical and religious significance. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is currently the second largest producer of date palm in the world with 23 million trees across 172,000 ha, producing 1.3 million tonnes.Continue Reading
Photos by Shree Padre. A symposium on “Jackfruit and Breadfruit in the Tropics: Genetic Diversity, Marketing, and Value Addition” was organized by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) on 15-16 May 2014. The symposium focused on jackfruit and breadfruit genetic diversity and geographical spread, production technologies and innovationContinue Reading
The content of nutrients and bio-active compounds are important to know when marketing tropical fruits, or when deciding which fruits to produce. However, this information is not always readily available. Many food composition tables do include few if any of tropical fruits. It is time-consuming to collect, evaluate and compileContinue Reading
You can shop for more than just clothes, cosmetics and electronics on Facebook nowadays. The social networking platform is now the place to go to find the king of fruits, the durian. A Facebook page puts you in direct contact with the farmer. Just pick the durian you want, leaveContinue Reading
The Northern Territory city of Palmerston is in ‘banana lock-down’ after the fungal disease known as Banana Freckle was discovered in the suburb of Gray. The NT’s Chief plant health manager, Stephen West, says the entire city has been declared a quarantine area and banana plants will have toContinue Reading
The research was based on a clinical study that investigated whether eating one Hass avocado every day as part of a moderate fat diet (34 percent fat) had a beneficial effect on risk factors for CVD among healthy overweight and obese subjects, compared to a similar moderate fat diet withoutContinue Reading
Farmers in a mango-growing region of India are eyeing new markets for the ‘king of fruits’, now that the doors have been shut in the European market due to concerns over high contamination levels of non-European fruit flies. The state of Odisha on the country’s east coast is homeContinue Reading
A world-first study by Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has found eating an organic diet for a week can cut pesticide exposure in adults by 89%. In a release, lead investigator Dr Liza Oates said a few studies examining how organic diets affected pesticide levels in childrenContinue Reading
Scot Nelson and Richard Manshardt, scientists with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources(CTAHR), have created a new citizen science app for iOS and Android users that tracks what they believe to be the declining incidence of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) in the Honolulu area, as well as aContinue Reading
Anyone who purchased organic mangoes in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Jersey or Texas since mid-April needs to check their source. The mangoes were shipped to retailers and distributors in limited quantities only to those five states. The recall notice did not say where the mangoes were grown. SanContinue Reading
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