CHINA: Thailand urged to adopt WHO guidelines to ensure durians free of COVID-19
2021-02-03
China is encouraging Thailand to adopt World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) guidelines, to establish confidence in exported durians and maintain a market worth 50 billion baht (USD 1.6 billion).Continue Reading
PERU: Avocado exports increased by almost 100,000 tons in 2020
2021-02-02
Peru exported 410,463,231 kilos of avocado in 2020, almost 100 million kilos more than the 310,870,326 kilos it exported in 2019, according to data published by Agrodata Peru.Continue Reading
MEXICO: Avocado exports forecasted to be up for Super Bowl
2021-01-30
The coronavirus pandemic won’t stop Mexico from sending a huge quantity of avocados to the United States in the lead-up to the Super Bowl to be played February 7 in Tampa, Florida.Continue Reading
INDIA: Gujarat CM renames dragon fruit as ‘kamalam’, draws flak
2021-01-28
The Gujarat government’s move to rename dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’, since according to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani the fruit’s outer shape resembles a lotus, has split internet and social media platforms with twitteratis and others posting comments ridiculing it or taking a sarcastic dig.Continue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Demand for fruit-based processed food products on the rise in Europe
2021-01-28
Healthier lifestyles and less sugar consumption in Europe create opportunities for Philippine fruit-based processed food.Continue Reading
INDIA: Integrated machine developed to process banana stem into fibre yarn
2021-01-26
A three way industry-institute-Tamil Nadu government organisation-collaborative effort to increase the value-added products from banana plantation is expected to make the banana farmers in the country go bananas.Continue Reading
PARAGUAY: Banana exports increase by 33%
2021-01-21
SOURCE: La Nacion TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to data from the Single Export Window (VUE) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of Paraguay, in 2020 banana exports grew by 33% over the previous year, totaling USD 15,621,246. The representative of the National Intersectoral Banana Competitiveness Table (Menicob), Hugo Franco,Continue Reading
TOGO: The pineapple sector is buoyant
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Ayi Renaud Dossavi, Togo First Between 2017 and 2019, Togo’s pineapple output grew by 11.6%, from 27,000 tons to 30,149 tons. The sector, which employs more than 3,200 producers, generated over CFA6 billion per year (USD 11 million) over the period reviewed. Out of this sum, the State got moreContinue Reading
INDIA: How frozen ripe jackfruit is slowly making its way into the market
2021-01-19
SOURCE: Athira M, The Hindu Frozen ripe jackfruit is the latest addition to the growing market of value-added products from jackfruit. Bibil Thomas, a 29-year-old software engineer from Kumily in Idukki district of Kerala, has launched Jackobyte, which retails frozen ripe bulbs of jackfruit with a shelf life of threeContinue Reading
AUSTRALIA: Panama disease threatens Coffs Harbour banana plantations, supply of Lady Finger and Ducasse varieties at risk
2021-01-18
SOURCE: Keely Johnson, ABC News A highly destructive fungal disease known for wiping out entire banana crops, is devastating plantations on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, putting local supply in jeopardy. The disease, Panama disease race 1, is threatening a banana supply shortage of the Lady Finger andContinue Reading
MALAYSIA: Early preparation saves pineapple harvest
2021-01-17
SOURCE: Remar Nordin, Star Online The current monsoon season has not affected the pineapple production in Alor Bukit, Pontian, as farmers made preparations from as early as October to face such weather before the season started. According to pineapple farmer Khalit Kasmoin, 64, their only issue with rain was thatContinue Reading