SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced the upcoming launch of the Del Monte Zero pineapple, its first carbon neutral certified pineapple, which factors in the entire supply chain from farm to table in its North American and select European markets. Using a limited percentage of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The northern province of Bac Giang is building trademarks for local farm produce with an aim of reaching more markets, toward raising the value of agro-forestry produce export by an average 8% a year to reach about 200 million USD by 2030, reported the provincial People’s Committee.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report China’s demand for high-quality fresh avocados continues to grow and its avocado production and imports are expected to continue to increase in coming years, according to a recent report by China-based staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Growth of Chinese avocado consumption is being driven byContinue Reading
SOURCE: Abdul Latheef Naha, The Hindu Mango farmers in Muthalamada are in a prayerful mood. With the mango orchards spread across 4,500 hectors in full flower, the farmers are hopeful of a copious season. They are praying for a normal climate. Rains in December are a matter of worry forContinue Reading
SOURCE: Searchlight Farmer, Simeon Greene has praised the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund for introducing the Banana Revitalization Project just when he was on the verge of abandoning banana cultivation on his farm in Perseverance. Greene said that the location of his farm is what one would call, “aContinue Reading
Bananas are the most popular and ubiquitous tropical fruit with reference to its production, consumption, and global trade. Broadly, the fruit can be categorized under dessert bananas, such as the popular Cavendish variety and cooking bananas or plantains. According to FAOSTAT, banana global exports generated an estimated 13.5 billion USD,Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Hill Farmers in low-lying regions of Bangladesh are braving rising sea levels by cultivating their crops aboard hand-woven rafts. Faced with inhospitable growing conditions that could threaten their livelihoods, they are adapting to a climate of surging swamp waters by reviving a relic of the country’s past. TheseContinue Reading
SOURCE: Prakash Jha, Khmer Times According to a fruits and vegetables market study of Cambodia (2016- 26), the fruits market in the Kingdom is expanding and consumption is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent over the next 5 years. That China continues toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dominican Today Beginning at the end of January 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture will no longer permit the import of mangoes from Haiti. Fruit exporters immediately felt that this decision was a “strong blow” to their industry, which an industrialist claimed spent between $10 and $12 millionContinue Reading
Australia’s mango season is heating up with about 500,000 trays being picked and packed this week. The current crop forecast has Australia on track to produce more than 9 million trays this season, which is up on last year, but growers are facing plenty of challenges to get fruit toContinue Reading
The Philippine Cavendish banana has been keeping its head barely above water, despite growing stiff competition from Latin American growers and a still creeping and devastating Panama disease at home. It’s still holding its market though, government regulators and private growers would say, although the percentage share of what wasContinue Reading
The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) is setting up a saba banana collection and export center at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP), and the construction of the facility is expected to be completed mid next year. FAMA director-general Datuk Zainal Abidin Yang Razalli said the center, to be builtContinue Reading