SOURCE: Lois Calderon, CNN Philippines Japanese investors met with Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual to flag what they said was the less-than-desirable quality of Philippine pineapples and bananas amid climate change, coupled with Manila’s traffic congestion that added to supply chain woes. The dialogues were held on Monday as a delegationContinue Reading
SOURCE: Alys Marshall, ABC Would you pay the price of a regular coffee for a mango this season? This summer West Australian shoppers are being told to expect to pay upwards of four to five dollars for the seasonal fruit. The reason? Supply and demand. Bec McMullin and her partnerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Times of India Dragon fruit is cultivated on over 2,000 acres across Karnataka and avocado on at least 1,000 acres, according to Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) scientists. The revelation was made at a three-day seminar organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research-IIHR on its Bengaluru campus toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Felix Walton, RNZ New Zealanders are bananas for bananas, but the country relies on imports from Mexico, Ecuador and the Philippines for its supply. Some fruit growers hope to change that by sowing the seeds for a homegrown industry. Aotearoa imports roughly 85,000 tonnes of bananas each and everyContinue Reading
SOURCE: Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Would you pay $90 for a pineapple? Maui Gold pineapples — prized by aficionados for their sweetness, as well as notes of coconut and mango — are now available in Canada, couriered directly from the farm in Hawaii to your front door. The farm announcedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Agraria From August 1 to October 2 of this year, Peru exported 2,447,543 kilos of fresh mango, representing a growth of +950% compared to the 233,115 kilos registered in the same period of the previous year. This was confirmed by the president of the consulting firm Inform@cción, Fernando CillónizContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khoo Gek San The Malaysian jackfruit, with its unique sweetness, crunchy texture, and golden yellow colour, has piqued the interest of Chinese importers after its debut in China in September, say industry players. Exporter Dr Tan Sue Yee said the J33 honey jackfruit and J34 golden jackfruit have garneredContinue Reading
Chinese and Malaysian officials are in talks about opening the former country’s enormous market to exports of the latter’s fresh durians, as appetites grow for the famously pungent tropical fruits. Chan Foong Hin, Malaysia’s deputy minister of agriculture and food security, said via Facebook on Monday that his department metContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mohd Farhaan Shah, The Star Pineapple contract farming has proven to be successful in increasing income for planters, especially youths. Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB) chairman Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali said this as he attended a launch ceremony for export of MD2 Malaysian pineapples to Japan by Aqina FoodContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must then uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. But can such stems somehow be returned to life? Yes, according to a Ugandan company that’s buying banana stems in a business thatContinue Reading
SOURCE: Times of India The Jalgaon district administration has sought the help of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri to understand the spread and cause of ‘cucumber mosaic virus’ that affected banana plantations. Some of the plantations in Raver, Yawal and Muktainagar talukas have been affected by the virus, which hasContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Avocados, mangos, bananas and passion fruit — a wealth of exotic produce is growing under the shadow of Sicily’s Mount Etna, as the Italian island’s farmers adapt to global warming. In a setting more akin to the Tropics than Europe, fields of mango and avocado trees, punctuatedContinue Reading