SOURCE: Luisa Sanchez, Guinness World Records If you’re a fan of tropical fruit, we’ve got quite the treat for you! Brazilians Tarcísio Foltz and Gilberto Franz (both Brazil) discovered the world’s tallest papaya tree, standing at 14.55 m (47 ft and 8.83 in) tall. The tree was verified in NovaContinue Reading
SOURCE: Bruna Garcia Fonseca, ANBA Virtually no fruit is being flown off from Brazil right now. Since volumes are not enough to fill up a cargo plane, most of the product used to ship in the cargo compartment in regular flights, which are grounded amid the worldwide quarantine. Some 10%Continue Reading
Ecuadorian banana exports to Brazil were suspended by a judicial decision in February 26, 2019, after Brazil opened its market to these exports in December 2017. Yesterday, Wednesday, May 8, Ecuador demanded the World Trade Organization, WTO, withdraw the restriction measures imposed by Brazil on Ecuadorian bananas, allegingContinue Reading
Brazil has sent its first-ever mango shipment to South Africa, following an export agreement recently reached between the two countries after three years of negotiations. The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) reported that South Africa has now opened its market for mangoes grown in the SãoContinue Reading
Trucker strikes in Brazil over high fuel prices have interrupted papaya exports from the country. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based importer HLB Specialties usually receives shipments almost daily, but due to the strikes it has not received papayas from Brazil since May 21, director of communications Melissa Hartmann de BarrosContinue Reading
A machine learning algorithm for detecting ripeness levels in papaya fruit could help both shoppers and producers. If you’re in the market to buy fresh papayas, it can be a challenge to figure out ripeness based on peel color without also squeezing the fruit to test for softness. AContinue Reading