SOURCE: Thi Ha, VN Express Vietnamese dragon fruit is at risk of oversupply, while durian prices will likely plummet as China, the local fruits’ largest importer, continues growing an increasing amount of the two trees. Late last month, China announced its dragon fruit output had reached 1.6 million tons aContinue Reading
SOURCE: Shannon Stone, Griffith News Griffith University has been helping farmers and co-operatives in Binh Thuan Province train for export expansion to Australia. The province has historically concentrated on the export and distribution of dragon fruit across South-East Asia, but key stakeholders are now looking to expand to wholesalers andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Wendy Leigh, Tasting Table If ever the term “pretty in pink” rings true for an edible plant, it’s in the wildly flamboyant hues of the tropical dragon fruit. Also known as pitaya, the outer skins scream “fun” with vibrant hot-pink tones, while the edible inner flesh is just asContinue Reading
SOURCE: Leilanie Adriano, Philippine News Agency Several dragon fruit growers in Ilocos Norte on Friday expressed concern about a growing pest infestation in their plantations this harvest season. Mildred Dacuycuy, operations manager of REFMAD dragon fruit farms in Barangay Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, said fruit diseases like anthracnose and cankerContinue Reading
SOURCE: A. M. Jigeesh, The Hindu Following the footsteps of the Gujarat and Haryana Governments, the Centre has decided to promote the cultivation of dragon fruit, known as a “super fruit” for its health benefits. The Centre feels that considering the cost effectiveness and global demand for the fruit dueContinue Reading
SOURCE: Guo Cheng, Xinhua Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island of south China’s Hainan Province, some 17,000 km away from their birthplace. In Le’an Village of Sanjia County, Dongfang City, local villagers are busy picking yellow pitaya on a plantation. Starting from JanuaryContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lindi Botha, Farmers Weekly Dragon fruit production is gaining ground in South Africa as farmers get to grips with production methods and market demand grows. While the area planted to dragon fruit is expanding, farmers have had to grapple with a lack of information on production methods suited toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jobaer Chowdhury, The Business Standard Dragon fruit can now be grown all round the year! A group of scientists from Khulshi Agricultural Research Centre in Chattogram have successfully grown the exotic fruit, which is a summer fruit, in winter. Usually, dragon fruit is cultivated from April to October, consideredContinue Reading
Dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus) is a high-value fruit crop, introduced about a decade ago in the mainland of Spain. In 2021, suspicious chlorotic spots were observed for the first time on young cladodes in a commercial dragon fruit orchard in the province of Seville.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Net Dragon fruit prices have fallen off a cliff after the impasse at the China border due to COVID-19 fears held up Vietnamese trucks laden with various goods since late of last year. Pham Kim Lam, a farmer in Ham Thuan Bac District, said the current dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: Nguyen Tien, Saigon Online On the morning of December 30, a representative of the Binh Thuan Province Dragon Fruit Association said that right after the Chinese market announced to temporarily halt the import of dragon fruit from Vietnam from December 29, 2021, to the end of January 26, 2022,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet Dragon fruit industry sweats on 300,000 tonnes of fruit as harvest nears and China restricts trade China’s decision to restrict dragon fruit imports from Vietnam has left growers with around 300,000 tonnes of nearly ripe fruit and a lack of buyers. According to a report fromContinue Reading