TFNet News Compilation

SOURCE: Bernama Thailand is investigating reports of cadmium contamination in durians exported to China and has so far found that the durians in question did not originate from Thailand, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has issued alerts about cadmium-tainted durian shipments fromContinue Reading

SOURCE: Phys Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas. Professor of Phytopathology Gert Kema at Wageningen University & Research views the development of the new hybrid, named Yelloway One, asContinue Reading

SOURCE: Vietnam Net Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are projected to see continued strong growth in the remaining months of the year, helping the sector to achieve its goal of 7 billion USD in export revenue. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the sector estimated toContinue Reading

SOURCE: YANG RAN, ZHENG JINRAN, and LI YINGQING, China Daily Traveler Jiang Chaochao added remote Menglian county in Yunnan province to her bucket list of destinations this year because of its reputation as China’s “Avocado Town”. “For fitness enthusiasts, this is a huge bonus,” said Jiang from Hunan province, whoContinue Reading

SOURCE: Forbes TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Mexican mango exports to the United States and other markets have registered a significant decrease due to the restrictions imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and drought conditions. According to José Ángel Crespo, president of Empacadoras de Mango de Exportación (EMEX), Mexican mangoContinue Reading

SOURCE: Mike Knowles, Fruitnet Shipments of imported fruit including bananas, pineapples, citrus, and grapes that usually enter the US via its eastern and Gulf coasts could end up stuck in ports or turned away, if an increasingly likely strike by tens of thousands of port workers goes ahead at theContinue Reading

SOURCE: Xinhua News In the early autumn, mango trees laden with heavy fruit can be spotted across a mountain in Huaping County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and their fragrance wafts through the air. Farmers are busy pruning, packing and loading the fruit onto transport vehicles, which then make their wayContinue Reading

SOURCE: The Star The collaboration between two ‘giants’ in the agricultural industry – Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) with abundant land resources and U & I Agriculture JSC (Unifarm), a company that pioneers in applying high-tech agriculture – has breathed new life into the banana industry. The high-tech banana production project,Continue Reading

SOURCE: Business in Cameroon Last year, European Union countries remained the largest consumers of Cameroonian pineapples, with France leading the way. According to a recent report on Cameroon’s economic competitiveness by the Competitiveness Committee, a specialized unit under the Ministry of Economy, “France (59%), Belgium (32%), and Italy (4.7%) areContinue Reading

SOURCE: Bree Caggiati, Fruitnet India and Indonesia have applied to export de-crowned fresh pineapple to Australia, according to reporting from ABC News. The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is currently undertaking a biosecurity risk assessment following the application. An agriculture department spokesperson told ABC News that asContinue Reading

SOURCE: Sheria Brathwaite, Barbados Today As domestic production of papaya – known here as paw-paw – continues to decline, the Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with two partner organisations to help farmers improve their yields. For many years, farmers across the island have struggled to produce adequate quantities of sweetContinue Reading