SOURCE: Jodie Gunders and Tanya Murphy, ABC News Smashed on toast, tossed in a salad, or blended in a smoothie; whichever way you eat your avocados, farmers are pleading for consumers to eat more of them. A new report by agribusiness bank Rabobank said Australian growers would this year produceContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hurriyet Daily News Türkiye’s tropical fruit exports exhibited an 85 percent increase last year from 2020 to amount to $13 million, according to a trade group. In the first half of 2022, exports already reached $7.9 million, said Hayrettin Uçak, the head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and VegetableContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Queensland Government has awarded Manbulloo the commercial rights to the three new mango varieties, NMBP-1201, NMBP-1243 and NMBP-4069. The leading Australian mango grower’s marketing, management and export company, Mango Road, was selected to manage the launch of the new varieties. Queensland minister for agricultural industryContinue Reading
SOURCE: Keith Anthony Fabro, Rappler For 30 years, Melinda Gimotea has been farming seaweeds off the coast of Sitio Balintang in Palawan province’s southern town of Quezon. Along the coast, a pungent fishy smell mixes with sea breeze as women like her in their village are commonly seen under theirContinue Reading
The Northeast’s Nakhon Ratchasima province is celebrating after its special “non-stinky” variety of durian was granted geographical indication (GI) certification. The Pak Chong-Khao Yai durian, a variety of the famous Mon Thong strain, is the star of a festival at Pak Chong district’s Chokchai Farm during the weekend. Pak Chong-KhaoContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhel Nazario, Manila Bulletin Bicol’s queen pineapple as well as the pili nut received support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Science for Change Program (S4CP) by providing both products with innovation centers. This is part of the aim of boosting the innovation capacity ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Hindu The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has launched a study into what appears to be a viral infection in pineapple plants in the Palakuzha area near Vazhakulam. University sources said samples of the affected plants had been collected and they were being tested to identify the problem. TheContinue Reading
SOURCE: Izzy McMillan, The West Banana freckle disease has re-emerged in the Northern Territory, sparking fears the outbreak could threaten the banana industry. This is the first time the fungal disease, which leaves a spotty, sandpaper texture on the fruit, has emerged since 2019. So far, 17 properties have identifiedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Arab News Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in a country identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. The arrival of mango season in PakistanContinue Reading
SOURCE: Rizalina K. Araral, DOST-FPRDI What can be done with banana processing wastes? A researcher from the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) says that if these wastes are banana fruit stalks (also called peduncles), they can be used to make thermalContinue Reading
PHOTO: The Economic Times India’s banana exports have grown 8 fold in the past 9 years during the April-May period, confirmed Piyush Goyal, the union minister of consumer affairs, food & public distribution on Tuesday. The banana export jumped from Rs 26 crore in April-May 2013 to Rs 213 croreContinue Reading
SOURCE: Leilanie Adriano, Philippine News Agency Several dragon fruit growers in Ilocos Norte on Friday expressed concern about a growing pest infestation in their plantations this harvest season. Mildred Dacuycuy, operations manager of REFMAD dragon fruit farms in Barangay Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, said fruit diseases like anthracnose and cankerContinue Reading