On 1 October the first container of pineapples from Panama was exported to China, marking the start of a Panama government initiative to promote its produce in China. This shipment, featuring pineapples grown in the La Chorrera region, will be the first of 12.5 containers per week, setContinue Reading
Before and after photographs show the impact of a devastating drought in Chile, with a lush field becoming desert-like. Images show how the land has become barren, with the bones of starved animals lying on the ground – but the avocado crops are still verdant. Cultivation of theContinue Reading
The drought in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the leading pineapple producer in the country, has caused the loss of 5,000 hectares of fruit and a decrease in sizes, the leader of the producers of Ciudad Isla and Rodriguez Clara, Alfonso Barrera, stated. According to Barrera, the fruitContinue Reading
The newly sequenced pineapple genome has offered researchers fresh insights into the plant domestication process. Pineapple varieties are grown for a variety of purposes: for fiber, as an ornamental and, most famously, as a delicious fruit. Scientists at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the UniversityContinue Reading
Traders, farmers and other stakeholders from 14 counties have formed an association to promote commercial farming of mangoes and bargain for better prices for their members. Association of Kenya Mango Traders (AKMT) founding chief executive Linah Mukami said mainstreaming of the mangoes as a key cash crop will strengthenContinue Reading
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has invaded the Americas — the source of much of the world’s banana supply. The invasion has given new urgency to efforts to create fruit that can withstand the scourge. Continue Reading
In Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, in 2017, there were around 6,000 hectares of dragon fruit plants, concentrating in Cho Gao District. Since 2018 to now, although the price of dragon fruits has continuously marched down and investment cost is extremely high which is around VND250-VND350 million per hectare,Continue Reading
With the aim of improving the state of Michoacan’s mango production chain, the Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Food Development (Sedrua) will implement processes and training among producers to improve the market and achieve more competitive sales. In this last season, the price paid to mango producers from MichoacanContinue Reading
President of the NT Mango Industry Association, Leo Skliros, said a number of mango farms, which were busy harvesting, had lost trees to fire during a horror few days in Darwin’s rural area. “We’ve heard of one farm that’s lost one-third of their property, so probably around 2,000 [mangoContinue Reading
Struggling African banana producers called on the European Union on Friday not to cut tariffs on imports from Latin America any further. Exporters in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) have been losing market share since 2009, when the EU agreed to progressively cut tariffs on bananas from biggerContinue Reading
Mango is likely to be the next product that Cambodia exports directly to China, according to an official of the Agriculture Ministry. The ministry recently called on farmers growing ‘prioritized’ agricultural goods to register with the ministry in exchange for assistance to help them meet China’s stringent sanitary andContinue Reading
Climate change has been relatively kind to banana suppliers so far – but in the decades to come, friend may turn to foe. Temperatures are likely to get so hot that the annual production gains enjoyed by banana suppliers will begin to drop. And in some places, total banana yieldsContinue Reading
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