SOURCE: The Costa Rica News Costa Rican scientists announced this past Wednesday, the launch of three varieties of papaya. These will be delivered to the country’s producers so they can start planting. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) pointed out that, thanks to the genetic modifications that the TicosContinue Reading
SOURCE: Olivia Miwil, New Strait Times The government has allocated RM1 million to improve Sabah’s pineapple industry this year. Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI), Datuk Sei Dr Ronald Kiandee, said the allocation through the Sabah Pineapple Industry Development Pilot Project would provide great benefits to its cultivation inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Pat Heagney, ABC Rural The world’s first automatic mango harvester is promising to revolutionize the industry, as it approaches commercialization in Central Queensland. After several years of trials and the installation of new mechanics, camera systems and grippers, lead researcher Professor Kerry Walsh says the harvester’s development is onContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lindi Botha, Farmer’s Weekly There can be few fruit cultivars whose origins are as unusual as that of the new passion fruit variety, Silesia. When drought struck North West in the mid-2010s, game breeder Darryn Stoltz, who farmed in the province, began to look for a nutritious source ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jill Houser, Freshplaza Australian lychee growers were fortunate the season had just finished before the widespread rain and flooding that impacted Queensland and New South Wales, meaning that while properties were affected, all the fruit had been picked for the year. In late February and early March, heavy rainContinue Reading
SOURCE: The New Indian Express Erratic climatic conditions coupled with the intense heatwave and pest attacks will result in a severe decline in mango yield, stated a farmer. While Horticulture officials are setting up countermeasures, farmers claimed that it is too late for any measure as a large portion ofContinue Reading
An exotic plant pest known as mango shoot looper has been officially detected in the Northern Territory for the first time, putting the region’s mango industry on alert. The moth species, originally from Asia, had not been found in Australia until a detection in Queensland in September. When in itsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sandip Das, Financial Express India will soon commence exports of banana and baby corn to Canada, after market access had been approved. According to a statement by the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare on Friday, market access for Indian banana and baby corn has been provided to Canada,Continue Reading
SOURCE: East Fruit The volume of banana imports to Uzbekistan in March 2022 amounted to 15 400 tonnes, which is almost three times higher than in the same period in 2021, citing official data on imports of main food products. In total, Uzbekistan imported 40 100 tonnes of bananas fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Voun Dara, Phnom Penh Post Pivoting from cutting bamboos to collecting non-timber forest products, nearly all of the working-age population of Taken commune in Kampot province’s Chhouk district have been working on the banana plantations of Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd since 2017. Unlike recent claims made in international media,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Yury Garcia, The Star Banana growers from three provinces in Ecuador blocked main roads across the South American country on Monday to demand government action to boost prices they say are too low for them to meet production costs. Growers were blocking major highways in the provinces of ElContinue Reading
SOURCE: ncwxjt TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Recently, the overall volume of banana production in Yunnan has been limited and the sales have slowed down. In general, most of the banana production in Yunnan is about to enter the final stage, and there are not many high-quality fruits. Due to the impact ofContinue Reading