It’s been called the world’s sexiest fruit and it’s a darling of chefs, yet you may never have heard of it. So brace yourself for the taste of 2014: yuzu, a rare and costly citrus fruit from Japan, which is predicted to become as popular here as oranges. It tastesContinue Reading
Recognising the health hazards caused by increasing use of chemicals, Himachal Pradesh government is now mulling to enact a legislation to ban sale and use of ethylene – a chemical used for artificial ripening of fruits. Increase in use of chemical to artificially ripen fruits has stoked concern forContinue Reading
KOLKATA: Nearly 30-40 per cent of the country’s vegetable production has been damaged over last fortnight due to heavy rains in Maharashtra, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Production of fruits has also been affected due to rains and storm. Banana, the most consumed fruit in India, wasContinue Reading
The Philippines made a first durian shipment to Singapore last week, with more fruit exports planned in the near future in the government’s efforts to find more markets for local produce. “We have exported 500 kilos of durian to Singapore… The shipment was made last Sept. 18 and arrived thereContinue Reading
Processors and exporters in combination have achieved as at today a 20 % increase in export revenue compared to last year, said Bandula Egodage, Chairman Export Development Board addressing the Lanka Fruit and vegetable Producers, Processors and Exporters Association’s 32nd AGM on Wednesday. He said the industry has earned US$Continue Reading
His name is Pham S, a scientist from Lam Dong Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, renowned among locals for helping them improve the fruits of their labour. Talking with us, Pham S says, “Being a scientist, I understand the feelings and aspirations of farmers. That’s why I frequentlyContinue Reading
An Indian firm–Rinac -is looking for a representative to help in the distribution and marketing of its cooling facilities, blast freezers, in the country. “I have met with four firms and I am sure we’ll strike a deal with one of them and open a representative office in Tanzania,” theContinue Reading
Four years ago, a group of health-conscious individuals formed an organization which aims to seek an alternative to the sugar-laden commercial beverage products which are currently in the market. With this in mind, Greenchoice Selections Inc. started to develop juice concentrates made from calamansi. “Greenchoice Selections Inc. was founded inContinue Reading
A Tanzanian based firm, Export Trading Group (ETG) has disclosed its intention to build a 50 million dollar fruits juice factory in Benue state Nigeria. Mr. Sanjay Sethi, Chief Executive Officer of ETG, stated this when he led a delegation of the company to the Minister of State for Industry,Continue Reading
China’s food safety watchdog has launched an investigation into local juice makers after a media report said they used rotten fruit to make their products. The probe includes two branches of the country’s sector leader, China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. Farmers in several Chinese provinces sold rotten fruit to distributors, which wasContinue Reading
As part of his project to publish the most comprehensive book ever produced for general readers on the world’s tropical fruits, botanist Rolf Blancke has written a five-part series for www.freshfruitportal.com on his exotic fruit experiences. In this final instalment, he discusses some interesting discoveries in the Penang Tropical Fruit Farm andContinue Reading
Australia’s pineapple industry could be crippled and almost half of Queensland’s crops wiped out by exotic diseases, the state’s Agriculture Department has warned. These fears are not confined to the pineapple industry: Tasmania’s farmers have made similar warnings about that state’s lucrative potato trade and Australian ginger growers have accusedContinue Reading
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