SOURCE: Kim Honan, ABC Rural The last remaining commercial guava farmer in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales is preparing to rip out two-thirds of the orchard’s 3,000 trees. It follows one of Australia’s largest growers bulldozing his orchard on the Alstonville plateau earlier this year to convert toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Matt Brann, ABC Rural The Northern Territory government has confirmed multiple outbreaks of the fungal disease known as banana freckle. After initially being found on a single property near Rum Jungle in May, the government today identified 12 new sites of infection at Fly Creek, Batchelor, Marrakai and theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Doris Gomora, Business Insider Mexico is the world’s top producer of avocados, a $3 billion-a-year industry that has earned the fruit the nickname oro verde, or “green gold.” But that moniker has taken on a new irony for everyday Mexicans, who have watched prices increase sharply amid the convergingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Nation Thailand Chonlatee Numnoo, director of the Agricultural Research and Development Office’s Region 6, wrote in a Facebook post that although as many as 140,000 tonnes of mangosteen fruit have been exported this year, the prices are not as attractive as those of durians. “So, it is not surprisingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Business Today India’s banana exports have jumped manifold in the past nine years, confirmed Union Minister Piyush Goyal. The minister said that the banana exports jumped 703 per cent in value terms from Rs 26 crore (USD 3.2million) in April-May 2013 to Rs 213 crore (USD 26.7million) in April-MayContinue Reading
The international webinar on ‘Developing the jackfruit for global consumption and markets’ was held on 21 July 2022 and organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) with support from the Malaysian Department of Agriculture (DOA). This is the first of a series of webinars on minor tropical fruits toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tiki Rajwi, The Hindu Athelia rolfsii, a soil-borne fungal pathogen, is a major threat to several crops and was found in jackfruit samples collected from three districts. Compared to other fruits, jackfruit is considered relatively free of diseases, but now, researchers at the Integrated Farming Systems Research Station (IFSRS),Continue Reading
SOURCE: Jodie Gunders and Tanya Murphy, ABC News Smashed on toast, tossed in a salad, or blended in a smoothie; whichever way you eat your avocados, farmers are pleading for consumers to eat more of them. A new report by agribusiness bank Rabobank said Australian growers would this year produceContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hurriyet Daily News Türkiye’s tropical fruit exports exhibited an 85 percent increase last year from 2020 to amount to $13 million, according to a trade group. In the first half of 2022, exports already reached $7.9 million, said Hayrettin Uçak, the head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and VegetableContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Queensland Government has awarded Manbulloo the commercial rights to the three new mango varieties, NMBP-1201, NMBP-1243 and NMBP-4069. The leading Australian mango grower’s marketing, management and export company, Mango Road, was selected to manage the launch of the new varieties. Queensland minister for agricultural industryContinue Reading
SOURCE: Keith Anthony Fabro, Rappler For 30 years, Melinda Gimotea has been farming seaweeds off the coast of Sitio Balintang in Palawan province’s southern town of Quezon. Along the coast, a pungent fishy smell mixes with sea breeze as women like her in their village are commonly seen under theirContinue Reading
The Northeast’s Nakhon Ratchasima province is celebrating after its special “non-stinky” variety of durian was granted geographical indication (GI) certification. The Pak Chong-Khao Yai durian, a variety of the famous Mon Thong strain, is the star of a festival at Pak Chong district’s Chokchai Farm during the weekend. Pak Chong-KhaoContinue Reading