by Idris Mahmud, Daily Trust Banana farming is mainly the pre-occupation of people in the south and some parts of central Nigeria or so most people in the far north think. But for decades banana farming has been a huge earner of cash for farmers in Maibakko Sabuwa LGAContinue Reading
by Courtney Fowler, abc news The Katherine mango harvest usually starts after the Darwin harvest begins, which is building pace now. In a promising season, expected to be 15 per cent up on last year, 11,552 trays have so far been dispatched to market. Manbulloo quality manager Scott LedgerContinue Reading
by Gardy Chacha, SDE The last few weeks have seen health conscious online fanatics dig in on the scum that is artificially ripened bananas after it emerged that some bananas sold in Kenya are treated with calcium carbide to speed up their ripening. Of course it is easyContinue Reading
The U.S. East Coast is set for a supply gap in fruit imports due to port and airport closures in parts of southern Florida as the state prepares for the powerful Category 3 Hurricane Matthew. The hurricane belted Haiti and Cuba yesterday, and today is moving through the Bahamas as itContinue Reading
by Phillip Tracy, RCR Wireless News Agriculture is evolving Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food andContinue Reading
by Anouk Sijmonsma, Fresh Plaza “Guangan City in Sichuan Province is known for its pomelo production. Pomelos from here are sweet flavoured and juicy”, says Hongxing Zou, a local fruit trader. “I grew up in Guangan. Now I am trying my best to help small, local orchards sell theirContinue Reading
by ‘Yemi Oluwadare, Today The International Institute of Agriculture (IITA) has intensified efforts aimed at preventing the further spread of Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD), that is debilitating banana production in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease, first discovered in Nigeria, in Odologun community, in Yewa South council areaContinue Reading
by Lisa Radinovsky, Olive Oil Times Panayotis Karantonis, an International Olive Council advisory committee member and director of the Hellenic Association of Industries & Packers of Olive Oil (ESVITE), tells Olive Oil Times that recent estimates for the upcoming olive harvest in Greece call for lower yields than lastContinue Reading
by Pam Eubanks, Your Observer On 6 acres at Mixon Fruit Farms in Bradenton, a bulldozer clanks and clangs as it knocks over rows of citrus trees. Three areas within the 50-acre grove, in particular, have become virtually unproductive because of a disease known as citrus greening. GroveContinue Reading
A new strategy for combating the vector of the bacterium that causes huanglongbing, also known as greening, considered the most destructive citrus disease in the world and present in 17% of orange trees in São Paulo State, Brazil, can be developed from the discovery that three citrus plants produceContinue Reading
by Rudolf Mulderij, Fresh Plaza The pomegranate market seems to be in good shape. The demand for the fruit is on the rise. Israel benefited from an empty European market, Spanish growers are investing in expanding their acreage and the Italian season recorded an earlier start. The Turkish domesticContinue Reading
by Pamela Jay F. Orias, Sun Star TOTAL production of major crops in the second quarter this year dropped by 17 percent compared to the same period last year, a report from National Economic Development Authority (Neda) Northern Mindanao noted. Industrial crops registered the major drop which recorded anContinue Reading
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