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
PARAGUAY: Banana exports increase by 33%
2021-01-21
SOURCE: La Nacion TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to data from the Single Export Window (VUE) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of Paraguay, in 2020 banana exports grew by 33% over the previous year, totaling USD 15,621,246. The representative of the National Intersectoral Banana Competitiveness Table (Menicob), Hugo Franco,Continue Reading
TOGO: The pineapple sector is buoyant
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Togo First Between 2017 and 2019, Togo’s pineapple output grew by 11.6%, from 27,000 tons to 30,149 tons. The sector, which employs more than 3,200 producers, generated over CFA6 billion per year (USD 11 million) over the period reviewed. Out of this sum, the State got moreContinue Reading
INDIA: How frozen ripe jackfruit is slowly making its way into the market
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Athira M, The Hindu Frozen ripe jackfruit is the latest addition to the growing market of value-added products from jackfruit. Bibil Thomas, a 29-year-old software engineer from Kumily in Idukki district of Kerala, has launched Jackobyte, which retails frozen ripe bulbs of jackfruit with a shelf life of threeContinue Reading
AUSTRALIA: Panama disease threatens Coffs Harbour banana plantations, supply of Lady Finger and Ducasse varieties at risk
2021-01-18
SOURCE: Keely Johnson, ABC News A highly destructive fungal disease known for wiping out entire banana crops, is devastating plantations on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, putting local supply in jeopardy. The disease, Panama disease race 1, is threatening a banana supply shortage of the Lady Finger andContinue Reading
MALAYSIA: Early preparation saves pineapple harvest
2021-01-17
SOURCE: Remar Nordin, Star Online The current monsoon season has not affected the pineapple production in Alor Bukit, Pontian, as farmers made preparations from as early as October to face such weather before the season started. According to pineapple farmer Khalit Kasmoin, 64, their only issue with rain was thatContinue Reading
HONDURAS: Banana sector needs USD 40 million to ensure the next banana harvest
2021-01-14
SOURCE: La Tribuna TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to estimates from the Association of Independent Banana Producers of the Sula Valley, the sector needs to invest nearly 40 million dollars to recuperate from the damage caused by tropical storms Eta and Iota in the country’s plantations and ensure the next fruit harvest,Continue Reading
VIETNAM: Dragon fruit exports fall
2021-01-12
SOURCE: Carl Collen, Fruitnet Vietnam’s dragon fruit exports fell 10 per cent for the January-November period of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit hard. According to a Vietnam News Agency report, the fall did not stop the fruit dominating the country’s fruit exports, with over USD 1bn in shipments duringContinue Reading
INDIA: Pineapple farmers seek a helping hand from govt.
2021-01-12
The price of pineapple has fallen to ₹10 (USD 0.14) a kg, leaving farmers in distress. They are now demanding that the government step in and procure the fruit at the support level of at least ₹15 (USD 0.21) a kg. For the record, the State government had promised toContinue Reading
VIETNAM: Fruit and vegetable exports hit over USD 3.2 billion in 2020
2021-01-10
SOURCE: Nhan Dan Vietnam earned US$3.26 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 13%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported. Exports were down because many items with high export value saw volumes fall sharply, such as dragon fruit, which accounts forContinue Reading
CAMBODIA: 2020 mango export earns $470 million
2021-01-08
SOURCE: Phal Sophanith, Khmer Times From January to Dec. 15, 2020, Cambodia has exported some 945,274 tonnes of fresh mangoes to foreign markets, with an estimated total value of some $473,207,700. The figures were shared in a preliminary report on the progress of major agro-industrial crop production in 2020, byContinue Reading