SOURCE: United Nations Bogale Borena set up an avocado nursery in Yirgalem in the south of Ethiopia, and has been so successful with the venture that he was named as one of 17 Food Heroes by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Agency. Food Heroes are recognized for their commitment toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Chris Komorek, Fruitnet Mango shoot looper, the invasive pest from Asia, has been found in Mareeba, Mutchilba and Biboohra in North Queensland according to Biosecurity Queensland at Department of Agriculture and Fishing. It’s the first time the exotic moth has been detected in the country. DAF announced it wasContinue Reading
.The 2021 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2021) was held on 28-30 September, organized by TFNet and co-organized with AARDO, CABI, ITFRI, GDAAS, and ICAR- IIHR.Continue Reading
The Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Western Australia is offering a PhD horticulture scholarship through a project on jackfruit. Specifically, the project will investigate the comparison of pre-harvest and post-harvest fruit characteristics, post-harvest physiology, consumer attributes and economic evaluation of the supply chain of Jackfruit produced in different preharvest settings.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Lucía Vásconez, El Comercio TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Data published by the Central Bank of Ecuador (ECB) confirms that banana and plantain exports between January and August 2021 have decreased when compared to the same period of the previous year. In this period, shipments of Musaceae to international markets reached aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star In the five years since 2016, the value of durian exports abroad has grown by RM74.8 million or 107 per cent, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. He said the great response to Malaysian durians had caused the value of durianContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal Photographs of mangos as big as soccer balls that were harvested in the department of Santander, Colombia went viral. A local news source said that Liliana Garnica Ruíz has the giant mango crops on her farm and that the fruit was from organic crops that useContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sybilla Gross, Bloomberg Australia is swimming in avocados thanks to bumper harvests and months of stay-at-home orders that have kept people away from cafe brunches. Once considered a symbol of lavishness on the brunch menu, avocado prices in Australia more than halved from around A$3 ($2.21) a piece toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lindi Botha, Farmers Weekly Any crop can be seen as ‘easy’ or ‘difficult’ to cultivate, depending on how you manage it and your yield expectations. This is especially true of mangoes,” says Johann du Preez, general manager of Bavaria Fruit Estates in Hoedspruit, Limpopo. “You can leave mangoes toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Livemint A team of Indian scientists has used tea and banana waste to prepare non-toxic activated carbon, which could useful for industrial pollution control, water purification, food and beverage processing, and odour removal. The newly developed process avoids usage of toxic agent for synthesising activated carbon, thus making theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The Queensland Government is offering three elite mango varieties for commercial development that have the potential for domestic and export markets. The varieties were developed under the National Mango Breeding Program, Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said. “We’re very optimistic about theseContinue Reading