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Source: The Packer   Educating consumers on how to select and slice pineapples is still a key marketing strategy, suppliers say. “While consumer knowledge of pineapples has definitely increased, the overall level of understanding still resides at the “tip of the iceberg” stage,” said Alan Dolezal, vice president of salesContinue Reading

Source: ABC Rural   Mango growers say they are frustrated that new varieties have not been made available to the industry. Three new varieties, which promise to look and taste better, have been developed through the National Mango Breeding Program (NMBP), and once released, could help growers develop new exportContinue Reading

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