SOURCE: Sumaira FH, Urdupoint The agriculture experts advised the farmers of mango orchards to take immediately necessary measures to save their manage plants from severe cold as it could affect the plants badly during winter. A spokesman of Agriculture (Extension) Department said here on Tuesday that cold was injurious toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lucy Cooper and Tanya Murphy, ABC Farmers say mango prices have plummeted in the past week because of an overlap of supply from key growing regions. While it’s terrible news for growers, consumers can now expect to see a price drop for mangoes at the supermarket. “Prices have comeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Abdul Latheef Naha, The Hindu Mango farmers in Muthalamada are in a prayerful mood. With the mango orchards spread across 4,500 hectors in full flower, the farmers are hopeful of a copious season. They are praying for a normal climate. Rains in December are a matter of worry forContinue Reading
SOURCE: Prakash Jha, Khmer Times According to a fruits and vegetables market study of Cambodia (2016- 26), the fruits market in the Kingdom is expanding and consumption is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent over the next 5 years. That China continues toContinue Reading
Australia’s mango season is heating up with about 500,000 trays being picked and packed this week. The current crop forecast has Australia on track to produce more than 9 million trays this season, which is up on last year, but growers are facing plenty of challenges to get fruit toContinue Reading
SOURCE: AgroNegocios TRANSLATION: Freshplaza In the first half of the year, Colombian mango exports amounted to US$11.4 million, a 19.7% increase over the same period of the previous year that was driven by purchases from the Middle East. Colombia exports its mango to 22 international destinations. Heaven’s Fruits, the mainContinue Reading
PHOTO: Marie-France Boucher and Daniel K. Kalinaki, Trade4Devnews Between March and July every year, fruit trees across Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, come alive with the delightful smells and colorful sights of mangos. The warm air from the Sahel turns the fruit from green to shades ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: El Tiempo TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The low temperatures will affect the 2022-2023 campaign’s mango production. The cold is causing the fruit to detach from the trees affecting more than 30,000 hectares of mango in the San Lorenzo valley. This year there has been a favorable mass flowering thanks to theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zulfiqar Kunbhar, The Third Pole Massive monsoon flooding has followed a severe drought in Pakistan’s Sindh province, with experts saying that climate change is making farming ‘more challenging every passing day’ The majority of Pakistan’s second-most populous and agriculture-dependent province of Sindh was declared “calamity-hit” on 23 August. WithContinue Reading
SOURCE: Matrubhumi Many farmers in hilly areas of Kerala have found solace in fruit farming, exasperated by skyrocketing operational expenses for cash crops. Even rubber cultivators have switched to fruit farming. While those who are first into agriculture also seem interested in fruit cultivation as the activities related are notContinue Reading
SOURCE: Evie Townend, Mirror Morrisons is recalling two of its mango products over fears they could be contaminated with salmonella. The supermarket is taking the precautionary step of recalling Morrisons Mango and Morrisons Mango Fingers due to possible traces of salmonella. The products being recalled are the Morrisons Mango 240gContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ghada Abdel-Kader, Ahram Online Ahram Online spoke to experts and traders in Souk El-Obour – one of the largest and most famous fruit markets in Cairo – about the sweet and flavourful fruit that is synonymous with Egypt in the summer. Mohamed Ali Pasha – who ruled the countryContinue Reading