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VIETNAM: Sweet mangosteen season among century-old orchards along Saigon River
SOURCE: Voice of Vietnam Lai Thieu, now part of Ho Chi Minh City, has long been known as the land of mangosteen. Renowned for its delicate sweetness balanced by a hint of tartness, thin rind and thick flesh, Lai Thieu mangosteen has been named among Vietnam’s top 50 specialty fruits.Continue Reading
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Dragon fruit production takes off
SOURCE: Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet Dominican dragon fruit is seeking new export markets as production continues to grow. Data from the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that there are some 400ha planted in the country, more than double the area planted in 2017. As reported by newspaper El Día, dragon fruit isContinue Reading
MALAYSIA: Talks underway with Thailand, GACC on land route for durian exports to China
SOURCE: The Star Malaysia is in talks with the Thai government and the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) to establish a land route for exporting local durians to China, a move expected to reduce logistics costs and expand market access in the country. Agriculture and Food Security MinisterContinue Reading
KENYA: Avocado fruit chronicles China-Kenya’s path of shared prosperity
SOURCE: Zhang Ao, Global Times Each year, from May to June, the peak harvesting and processing season for avocados begins across Kenya. As Africa’s top avocado producer and the continent’s second-largest exporter, Kenya made remarkable history in 2022 as the first African country to supply fresh avocados to the ChineseContinue Reading
KENYA: The quiet power of industrial pineapple agriculture
SOURCE: Soko Directory In Kenya’s often heated debates about foreign investors, land use, taxation, and agricultural modernization, one truth is frequently overlooked: very few companies have maintained the kind of long-term economic footprint that Del Monte Kenya has sustained for decades. While public discourse occasionally reduces the company to aContinue Reading
PHILIPPINES: UAE market boosting export drive
The Philippines is making a significant push in the Middle East fruit market as premium fresh pineapples from Mindanao make their way to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), expanding a promising export destination for one of the country’s top agricultural products. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau ofContinue Reading