Source: Daily Observer The Methodist Mission Agricultural Programme (MMAP) Thursday inaugurated a new mango processing facility at its garden in Brikama Nyambai. The project, funded through the support of the Japanese government, is worth 58, 637 Euros equivalent to D2, 220,200 million. It is designed to include the constructionContinue Reading
Source: Jamaica Information Service Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the Government has entered into a $100 million arrangement with Jamaica Producers, the island’s largest distributors of banana chips and ripe bananas. The loan is tied to the local farmers providing bananas to Jamaica Producers forContinue Reading
by Omar Rashid Source: The Hindu Faced with the vagaries of nature, low yield and inconsistent quality, a section of guava farmers in Allahabad are shifting to banana cultivation One of the most common myths surrounding the guava is that it triggers cold. That is why some peopleContinue Reading
By: Ani Lam Lu Torres Source: Agraria.pe Lima, 12 February 2013 (Agraria.pe) Peruvian exports of pitahaya or “dragon fruit” will continue to decline this year, estimated Pronatur, company and exporter of the fruit hoarder. The fruit produced by coffee and passion fruit farmers of Chachapoyas (Amazonas), is very appreciatedContinue Reading
Source: ABC News About 370 kilograms of fruit and vegetables have been seized at a random fruit fly roadblock in South Australia’s Riverland. Biosecurity SA stopped traffic at the Blanchetown heavy vehicle weighing station last weekend. It inspected more than 1,300 vehicles and found 448 carrying fruit. However,Continue Reading
Source: The Brunei Times THE Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources (MIPR) yesterday continued its ‘One Village, One Product’ (OVOP) initiative in Tanjong Nangka with the aim to popularise and commercialise jackfruits. Yesterday, MIPR Permanent Secretary Hajah Normah Suria Hayati Pehin Jawatan Dalam Seri Maharaja Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Awang Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri, who was the guest of honour at a handing over ceremony of jackfruit saplings to the village, said that the ministry decided to ask theContinue Reading
By Dr. Mercola from mercola.com photo from www.rockmefabulous.com You probably know that avocados are an excellent source of healthful fats, but this whole food may also have other unique health benefits. To learn more, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is supporting clinical research to investigate various health effects ofContinue Reading
Tamarind known as Tsamiya in Hausa is used as a spice for ‘kunun stamiya’, to non-Hausas and other people who have been seeing the agriculture product, that is probably how far they know of the Tamarind. Well, Tamarind has many health benefits also unknown to people. it can be usedContinue Reading
Farm owners and workers asked the government on Sunday to rehabilitate more than 14,000 hectares of banana plantations in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley that a powerful typhoon ruined last December, which left tens of thousands of people homeless and out of jobs. The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters AssociationContinue Reading
Hailed as Davao’s pomelo king, Carmelito Mercado is arguably the top pomelo producer and distributor in the Philippines. From his humble beginnings as a trader, Mercado’s determination and thirst for knowledge to improve his business has bore fruit. In 1982, Mercado inherited his family trading business. As surplus of langsatContinue Reading
In line with its goal of enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SME), The Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) conducted a workshop on Packaging and Labeling Standards for Food Products at the Gallery Hotel, Singapore on 16-21 September 2012. Eighteen participants from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, SriContinue Reading
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture said the outlook for Philippine bananas remains rosy despite the current row with China over its more stringent standards and the ban on exports to Iran, primarily because of the expansion of the markets in at least five countries, including two in Europe. ConstancioContinue Reading
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