MALAYSIA: Durian trade battered as lockdown bites
2021-02-22
A long lockdown has slowed domestic demand for durians and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit.Continue Reading
Call for Abstracts – Malaysian National Fruit Symposium
2021-02-22
The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) together with TFNet will be organizing the ‘Persidangan Buah-buahan Kebangsaan” (National Fruits Symposium) from the 6th to 8th April 2021. Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Banana exports down 18.3% on weak production
2021-02-18
Philippine banana exports last year declined by almost a fifth to a two-year low of 3.595 million metric tons (MMT) as shipments across all key markets contracted due to weak domestic production.Continue Reading
INDIA: Switch to jumbo guavas helps Gujarat farmer earn 10 times more
2021-02-14
SOURCE: Himanshu Nitnaware, The Better India Magan Kamariya from Morbi village in Gujarat was a traditional vegetable farmer with a 15-acre land. On it, he would grow groundnut, cotton, cumin and other vegetables, but conventional farming failed to reap many profits. In fact, it barely helped his six-member family survive.Continue Reading
CHINA: Thailand urged to adopt WHO guidelines to ensure durians free of COVID-19
2021-02-03
China is encouraging Thailand to adopt World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) guidelines, to establish confidence in exported durians and maintain a market worth 50 billion baht (USD 1.6 billion).Continue Reading
PERU: Avocado exports increased by almost 100,000 tons in 2020
2021-02-02
Peru exported 410,463,231 kilos of avocado in 2020, almost 100 million kilos more than the 310,870,326 kilos it exported in 2019, according to data published by Agrodata Peru.Continue Reading
MEXICO: Avocado exports forecasted to be up for Super Bowl
2021-01-30
The coronavirus pandemic won’t stop Mexico from sending a huge quantity of avocados to the United States in the lead-up to the Super Bowl to be played February 7 in Tampa, Florida.Continue Reading
INDIA: Gujarat CM renames dragon fruit as ‘kamalam’, draws flak
2021-01-28
The Gujarat government’s move to rename dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’, since according to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani the fruit’s outer shape resembles a lotus, has split internet and social media platforms with twitteratis and others posting comments ridiculing it or taking a sarcastic dig.Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Demand for fruit-based processed food products on the rise in Europe
2021-01-28
Healthier lifestyles and less sugar consumption in Europe create opportunities for Philippine fruit-based processed food.Continue Reading
INDIA: Integrated machine developed to process banana stem into fibre yarn
2021-01-26
A three way industry-institute-Tamil Nadu government organisation-collaborative effort to increase the value-added products from banana plantation is expected to make the banana farmers in the country go bananas.Continue Reading