SOURCE: Inès Magoum, Afrik21 The Egyptian government is expanding its partnership with Australia to recycle banana waste. The two countries are tackling this agricultural waste as Egypt prepares to host the 27th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP27) in November 2022. In Egypt, summer is usually synonymous withContinue Reading
SOURCE: Eliza Berlage, ABC Rural Justin Loffler has avoided dumping his avocados amid an oversupply of the fruit but his business has taken a hit from low prices. Growers are keen to find new markets knowing more trees are about to mature and avocado prices dived under a $1 inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Free Malaysia Today In Malaysia, the durian sits atop its throne, long-hailed as the King of Fruits. Outside the country, however, it has a less favourable reputation – if it is seen in foreign markets at all. As it turns out, not every foreigner shares a distaste for theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Australian lychee industry has identified North America as a key market in its plans to develop exports. The industry has been able to maintain its trans-Pacific supply chain throughout the pandemic with the help of the Australian government’s International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) programme. ThisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ben Harden, Queensland Country Life After cyclonic winds, associated with tropical cyclone Niran, devastated the Capricorn Coast’s banana industry in early March, several banana farms are now getting back to full production. Hundreds of hectares of banana trees across the Cassowary Coast and Northern Tablelands were impacted, with someContinue Reading
SOURCE: Aimee Chanthadavong, ZDNet Everything from weather monitoring stations, soil moisture sensors, and RFID tags are helping Bartle Frere Bananas improve the way its bananas are grown and moved through the supply chain. “If you can trace a cow, you can track anything,” Gavin Devaney, owner and managing director ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Chris Komorek, Fruitnet Mango shoot looper, the invasive pest from Asia, has been found in Mareeba, Mutchilba and Biboohra in North Queensland according to Biosecurity Queensland at Department of Agriculture and Fishing. It’s the first time the exotic moth has been detected in the country. DAF announced it wasContinue Reading
The Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Western Australia is offering a PhD horticulture scholarship through a project on jackfruit. Specifically, the project will investigate the comparison of pre-harvest and post-harvest fruit characteristics, post-harvest physiology, consumer attributes and economic evaluation of the supply chain of Jackfruit produced in different preharvest settings.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Sybilla Gross, Bloomberg Australia is swimming in avocados thanks to bumper harvests and months of stay-at-home orders that have kept people away from cafe brunches. Once considered a symbol of lavishness on the brunch menu, avocado prices in Australia more than halved from around A$3 ($2.21) a piece toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The Queensland Government is offering three elite mango varieties for commercial development that have the potential for domestic and export markets. The varieties were developed under the National Mango Breeding Program, Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said. “We’re very optimistic about theseContinue Reading
SOURCE: Andrew Spence, InDaily An Adelaide company that has spent more than 15 years perfecting its system of turning banana plantation waste into food packaging has completed a factory-scale trial to demonstrate the commercial viability of producing pizza boxes, burger clamshells, meal containers and dishes. The share price of publicly-listedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Samantha Dick and Matt Brann, ABC More than 160 seasonal workers from Vanuatu have landed in Darwin to bolster the Northern Territory’s mango-picking workforce for this year’s harvest. The workers arrived on a chartered flight from Port Vila on Tuesday and will spend the next 14 days at HowardContinue Reading