SOURCE: Kellie Hollingworth, ABC The number of avocados grown in Sunraysia and the Riverland next season is expected to double and may even be so high the harvest will fill 1 million trays. The forecast boost is due to favourable weather conditions and some young plantings coming into production. AvocadosContinue Reading
SOURCE: Malay Mail The online sale of Harumanis mangoes received an encouraging response, with a sales value of RM22 million from April until May 5, said Agriculture Department director-general, Datuk Mohd Nasir Warris. During the period, he said that the production of Harumanis by 2,415 farmers under the Agriculture DepartmentContinue Reading
The Lancang/Mekong river originates from the Tibetan plateau in China and ends at the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism launched in 2016, signifies the multilateral cooperation between riparian states along the 4,350 km river comprising Cambodia, PR China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Agriculture isContinue Reading
SOURCE: Victoria Rees, Drug Target Review A compound in avocados could offer a route to better acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) treatment, according to a new study from the University of Guelph, Canada. The compound targets an enzyme that scientists have identified for the first time as being critical to cancerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Akanda Muhammad Jahid, The Daily Star An intense heatwave is sweeping across the country. The sun’s piercing rays inevitably cause streams of sweat to run off pedestrians. At this very moment, when sheer exhaustion leads to a desperate attempt at quenching one’s thirst, a nonchalant roadside vendor offers hisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Brian Badzmierowski, Khmer Times Cambodian mangoes produced at a small group of approved packaging factories have been cleared for export to China. It’s a result of recent improvements to the factories that allowed the fruit to pass China’s phytosanitary requirements. The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) officiallyContinue Reading
SOURCE: East Fruit The global market for bananas, one of the most popular fruit on the planet, has experienced a number of shocks: information is spreading in many countries’ media about imminent complete disappearance of bananas, and their prices are high everywhere, according to EastFruit. According to EastFruit price monitoringContinue Reading
Thai Trade Center Seoul collaborates with Hyundai Department Store jointly organize Thai Fruit Promotion so called “Taste of Thailand 2021” and launch new variety of Mango from Thailand, the Mahachanok Mango, a high-end mango variety with rainbow-colored depending on maturity, to Korean consumers for the first time.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Shang-Su Wu, Nanyang Technological University/East Asia Forum Security concerns related to Taiwan’s economic dependence on China have surfaced from time to time since engagement across the Taiwan Strait deepened from the early 1990s. Former Taiwanese president Lee Ting-Hui launched the Southbound Policy in the mid-1990s to diversify economic partnersContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zhao Yimeng, China Daily Academy based in Hainan province aims to help lift people out of poverty China plans to help countries in the Lancang-Mekong region tap their banana-growing potential, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences said. Academy vice-president Xie Jianghui said the banana industry has played aContinue Reading
