SOURCE: Laxmi Devi, Business Insider Unfazed by the COVID-19 risks, farm scientists from two Lucknow-based ICAR institutes are on the front line to control a fungal disease in banana crop especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ahead of the planting season. Fusarium wilt with tropical race 4 (TR4) strain isContinue Reading
SOURCE: A Selvaraj, Gadgets Now Having ramped up vegetable and fruits procurement and sale from 300 tonnes to 3,500 tonnes, the horticulture department now plans to make its e-thottam platform a full-fledged mobile app which will work on android and iOS mobiles. Having so far door-delivered 1,000 tonnes of freshContinue Reading
The Anad agriculture office in association with the marketing cell of the Agriculture Department has launched the Pineapple Challenge to help sell 300 tonnes of pineapple grown by a farmer, Benny, on 25 acres of leased land in Anad grama panchayat. Though the harvest was set to begin last week,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Pragna L. Krupa, Bangalore Mirror Banana vendors are singing a sad song these days. The real aam aadmi’s fruit (Indian political party), that thousands of people subsist on in the absence of a meal, is scarce. The lockdown has been bad for banana vendors. Not that the production ofContinue Reading
Source: K Shiva Kumar, New Indian Express Harvesting banana, taking it to Kerala market may attract Rs 20,000 (USD 263) fine! As the Mysuru and Chamrajnagar districts have Nendram banana variety in hundreds of acres ready for harvest they have no takers and even laborers to harvest the stocks. WithContinue Reading
As people believe that coronavirus spreads through eating chicken, mutton and seafood, more people are now switching to jackfruit to soothe their meat cravings.
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Coronavirus scare has severely affected exports of the mangoes. With 40 per cent of mango crop being produced for export, lack of medium to transport the fresh fruit is likely to hit farmers hard.Continue Reading
Source: The Hindu Business Line India exported 1,27,230 tonnes of banana, fetching ₹447 crore (USD 60 million), between April 2019 and January 2020, which is nearly 30 per cent more in terms of quantity and 49 per cent in value terms over the corresponding period last year, Agriculture Minister NarendraContinue Reading
With the comprehensive strategic partnership and large purchasing power, Vietnam and India have large potential to increase two-way trade via boosting the export of their strong commodities to each other’s markets, trade officials of the two countries said.Continue Reading
Total horticulture production in 2019-20 is expected to be 313.35 million tonnes (mt), about 0.84 per cent higher than 2018-19, according to first advance estimates released on Monday. As per the final estimates, also released today, the total horticulture production of the country in 2018-19 was estimated to beContinue Reading
Malawi mangoes, grown in their namesake African country by a European-African firm, Malawi Mangoes Ltd, are being marketed as “99 per cent similar” to the Ratnagiri Hapus. 37-year-old Aneesh Pandey, a fruit retailer, was among a group of buyers waiting for the first consignment of mangoes from Africa atContinue Reading
In order to promote exports from north India and cut transportation cost, a trial shipment of 10 tonnes of mangoes was sent by sea from the state of Uttar Pradesh to Italy, an official statement said Thursday. Exporting mangoes from India to Europe by sea costs 28 Indian RupeesContinue Reading