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
After two years of negotiation and compliances to the Quarantine requirements stipulated by The Chinese Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Malaysia gained market access for its frozen durian on 11 May 2011. This came into effect following the visit of Premier Wen Jiabao of the People’s RepublicContinue Reading
Participants of the 5th International Symposium for the Development of Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia and Africa went on a field trip to Sabah Agriculture Park on 20th December 2012. This park is set against a background of truly natural landscape with lush greenery of the Crocker Range, theContinue Reading
The 5th International Symposium for the Development of Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia and Africa (5th IPM Symposium) was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia on 18-20 December 2012, bearing the theme “IPM: New Frontier Towards Sustainable Agro Ecosystem.” The symposium was jointly organised by the MalaysianContinue Reading
A workshop on tropical fruit postharvest management and pest and disease control will be held in Khartoum, Sudan in February 2013, jointly organized by TFNet, The Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (AOAD), and the Sudan Department of Horticulture. The workshop was discussed during a meeting between TFNet CEO YacobContinue Reading
Designed using Magazine News Byte Premium. Powered by WordPress.