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At select supermarkets, Brazilian shoppers can now trace the origin of their fruits and vegetables back to the producer with the help of their smartphones, agricultura.ruralbr.com.br reported. The initiative, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Brazilian Supermarket Association (Abras), tracks various phases of transport and food safety efforts using QR codesContinue Reading

A new ethylene-absorbing strip could lend a helping hand to fruit exporters in need of a few extra days to arrive to market. The Dri-Fresh® Fresh-Hold™ EA labels from Sirane can be placed inside of packaging to absord the ethylene naturally produced by a variety of fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes,Continue Reading

Though undetectable for the human eye, mites create major costs for papaya growers who currently rely on pesticides to control the crop-damaging pest. To tackle this tiny, yet expensive intruder, researchers from Universidad Autónoma in Chiapas, Mexico are studying alternative methods of biological pest control. Lead investigator, Dr. Martha Elena DeContinue Reading

The strong smell of durian filled the air as 1,250 Malaysians in Australia devoured the ‘King of Fruits’ at a Durian Fiesta here Monday night. A consignment of D24 and Musang King durians was flown in by the Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry and Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama)Continue Reading

Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) Taiwan has provided its papaya seedling technology to Mexico, as part of the government’s efforts to expand international agricultural exchanges and cooperation, according to an official at a local agricultural research station. “The technology transfer to Especialistas en Papayas S.A. de C.V. marked a new pageContinue Reading

Total exports of Hass avocados from Mexico into the United States in 2012-13 were a record 517,896 metric tons, up 40 percent from the prior crop year, which in turn topped the previous year by 26 percent, according to APEAM, the association of growers and exporting packers in the MexicanContinue Reading

Mango-lovers are being warned they will be paying top dollar for the fruit until Christmas, because of a season northern growers are describing as a ‘disaster’. Mango picking is underway across the Top End, but growers are reporting their crops are down 70 to 90 per cent. The Kununurra-based plantationContinue Reading

BUTTERWORTH, Oct 28 (Bernama) — The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) aimed to produce 330,000 metric tonnes of agricultural products with a sales value of USD 220 million under the contract farming programme next year. FAMA director general Datuk Ahmad Ishak said the agency also planned to increase the farmContinue Reading

Britain is a nation of banana lovers. On average, UK consumers eat 10kg of the energy-rich, nutritious fruit every year – equivalent to about 100 bananas per person. But our passion for bananas could be imperilling the very industry responsible for the bendy yellow fruit. For the best part ofContinue Reading

A P1.28 million  Department of Agriculture (DA) project successfully raised jackfruit yield in a Leyte town by 82 percent to 15.39 metric tons (MT) per hectare, enhancing profitability for a fruit that has abundant value-adding prospects when processed. DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research’s (BAR) project in Mahaplag, Leyte has tapped aContinue Reading

Cyclone Phailin has ruined more than 70 per cent of banana fruit in Bihar’s Vaishali district, the hub of banana cultivation located north of the Ganga. Initial reports suggest that more than 70 per cent of the banana crop has been destroyed due to Phailin, District Agriculture Officer (DAO) DineshContinue Reading