KENYA: Building of Sh117m (USD 203,000) banana market starts in Kisii
2020-07-26
The construction of a Sh117 million (USD 203k) modern banana market in Nyamache, Kisii county, has started.Continue Reading
AUSTRALIA: Feral pigs threatening banana and pork industries
2020-07-26
Australian Banana Growers’ Council deputy chair Leon Collins told a Senate inquiry feral pigs were spreading Panama TR4, a devastating fungal disease with no treatment.Continue Reading
IBERIA: Spanish and Portuguese growers have founded a cooperative to promote the cultivation of pitaya
2020-07-23
A group of Spanish and Portuguese pitaya producers have set up the Andalusian Cooperative Society (SAC) ‘Pitaya de Andalucía’, through which they intend to promote the cultivation of this tropical fruit in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.Continue Reading
THAILAND: High durian output lifts Thai fruit production in the South
2020-07-23
Fruit production in the southern region has expanded by nearly six per cent over the last year, with durian output seeing the most growth at 22 per cent, the Office of Agricultural Economics reported.Continue Reading
KENYA: Couple turns to passion fruit farming to boost their income
2020-07-23
While most people are staying at home due to the disruption of day-to-day activities by the Covid-19 pandemic, one couple in Uasin Gishu County is making the best out of it.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Company raises USD1.7M to develop ‘pork’ products from jackfruit
2020-07-22
Singapore-based Karana announced today it has closed a $1.7 million seed round to further develop its plant-based meat products, the first of which are derived from jackfruit.Continue Reading
CAMBODIA: Yellow banana exports soar 150% in first half
2020-07-22
Cambodia has exported 147,760 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to the international market this year as of Wednesday, soaring a whopping 150 per cent over the same time last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said on Thursday.Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Banana exporters may lose big China market to Vietnam
2020-07-22
Philippines, one of the most badly hit countries by COVID-19 pandemic across Asia, may see a decline in banana exports moving forward, thanks to the government’s failure to contain the deadly and highly contagious virus.Continue Reading
INDIA: Papaya farmers excluded in procurement plan, suffer losses
2020-07-21
KN Narayana Gowda, a farmer who would sell his papaya produce at Rs 18 (USD 0.24) per kg before the coronavirus outbreak, says that about 3-4 tonnes of ripening fruits on his 4-acre patch of land comprising 4,000 trees, remain unharvested.Continue Reading
CUBA: New pineapple variety to boost country’s exports
2020-07-21
The Cuban Ministry of Agriculture stated that Cuban farmers had a new pineapple variety that is “more resistant to pests and that has better possibilities to be used by the industry.”Continue Reading
PAKISTAN: Export gloom sours Pakistan’s prized mango season
2020-07-21
Dwindling harvests, drooping demand and export supply chains hit by the coronavirus are biting into Pakistan’s mango industry, with producers of the prized fruit battling to weather a disastrous season.Continue Reading
COLOMBIA: Banana output strong despite coronavirus, Panama disease outbreaks
2020-07-21
Colombia, the world’s fourth-largest banana exporter, has maintained production and exports of the yellow fruit to its largest buyers, despite the twin threats of coronavirus and dangerous fungus Fusarium TR4, an industry leader said Friday.Continue Reading