The bulk of Australia’s mango harvest is still months away, but consumers can now expect fruit to trickle in from the Northern Territory.

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has developed a new platform called MyTrace to track standards of agricultural produce, focusing first on durian exports.

Veteran pineapple planters in the state are looking forward to planting the sweet MD2 variety, which is in demand in the Middle East and Asia.

Radiation can fight the mango pulp weevil (MPW) or Sternochetus frigidus in mango, which can help the Philippines pass the quality standards for the United States market for tropical fruits, according to government researchers.

Fertigation, a combination of drip irrigation and application of fertilizers, introduced at the Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University at Kumulur near here to irrigate banana crop, has started showing results.

Uflex Ltd., India’s largest global flexible packaging solution company has been working with customers in India for extending the Shelf life of Exotic Fruits. India grows exotic fruits such as Litchi, Rambutan, Mangosteen and the market demand for these products have been increasing year on year at a rapid pace.

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has informed the importers and exporters that by 2020 it will phase out inspectors working overseas to clear fruit and vegetables and other foods that are sent to Australia.

The government will reinforce its already strict quarantine measures in all the state’s 17 entry points to monitor international agriculture trade movement and to prevent entry of invasive pests and diseases.

A north Queensland banana farm where a rapidly spreading-fungus was found last year has been purchased in an attempt to protect the state’s banana industry.

A Queensland company has developed world-first food technology it believes could revolutionise the global processed avocado market.

The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) has detained pineapple & banana tissue culture cultures at Nadi International Airport.

In a bid to revive the banana fiber industry in the municipality of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, the Department of Trade and Industry – Davao del Norte Provincial Office pushed for a market linkage between Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (MARBCO) and TADECO Homes – a leading exporter of handcrafted items in the region.

Cavendish banana comprises 60% of the total banana cultivation in India. Recently Fusarium wilt, has begun infecting Cavendish banana cultivation across the country, said director of the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy, Dr S Uma.

Due to geographic and climate conditions, the mangoes Huaping district is ripen late

The Department of Horticulture has proposed to take up high-density mango and guava cultivation and introduce hybrid papaya under National Horticulture Mission this year by offering a total subsidy of Rs. 3 crore to farmers.

Researchers at the Maharana Pratap University for Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT) are making efforts to modify a mango variety with less glucose content that even the diabetes patients could devour without worry.

Pineapple growers have taken the opportunity to get up to speed with updated diuron application requirements at this year’s Pineapple Field Days in Yeppoon.

There has been a shortage on the pineapple market the past few weeks. “In the 28th week, the market has been improving and this will continue for at least another month,” expects Frank Ocampo of Hagé International.

The Center for Scientific Research of Yucatan (CICY) developed two new types of papaya Maradol, known as Kanput and Chakput, which have nutrients that prevent disease such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

The Costa Rican pineapple industry is facing dual challenges in its U.S. export program amid increased interceptions of scale insects and some companies that allegedly falsely labeled their fruit as organic.

The avocado market in Denmark picked up in the beginning of July after experiencing a significant decrease in June. Peru is the main supplier this time of year and the decrease was a result of decreased supply.

A Canadian team has invented a new way to make sure that fruit stays fresh for longer, by spraying them with a nano-scale formula.

Americans’ love for avocados and rising prices for the highly exportable fruit are fuelling the deforestation of central Mexico’s pine forests as farmers rapidly expand their orchards to feed demand.

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Regional Standing Committee Chairman Ahmad Jawad said that 30 to 40% of mango is wasted from the harvest to the market system

Sigfrido Molina of Sigfrido Fruit is cautious about harvest forecasts for avocados, but is upbeat on pricing ahead of the season in October.

The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) chairman has said that the council attaches great importance to collaborate with China in various sectors including agricultural development for ensuring food security and poverty alleviation in South Asia.