SOURCE: The Hindu Kerala’s famed ‘Nendran’ bananas are all set to be shipped to London in March next year. The trial export to London is in accordance with the sea-shipment protocol of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council, Keralam (VFPCK), a company established to bring about overall development of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: The New Indian Express The area under banana cultivation in the district has increased after almost five years. Cultivation has crossed last year’s area and horticulture department officials said an additional thousand hectares were likely to come under cultivation by the end of November. Once cultivated in about 10,000Continue Reading
Shree Padre, an expert on jackfruit, has stressed the need to give thrust to value addition to the fruit as it could help improve earnings of the stakeholders in the sector to a great extent.Continue Reading
Banana export from Andhra Pradesh has seen a rapid growth over the last year. The state has registered growth of over 143% in 2019-2020 compared to the previous year (2018-2019).Continue Reading
Pineapple growers in Kerala have been hit hard as fruit prices continue to nosedive amid the coronavirus pandemic, and have appealed from help from the Centre and the state.Continue Reading
The state’s popular Moira banana and Harmal chilli were recently accorded the geographical indication (GI) tag. The two agricultural products are the fourth and fifth items from Goa to get the GI tag after feni, the Khola chilli, and khajem (kaddio boddio).Continue Reading
SOURCE: Nimesh Khakhariya, Times of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mention of Kutch farmers tasting success with dragon fruit cultivation in his July 26 ‘Mann Ki Baat’ put the spotlight on how this exotic fruit has become a money spinner for many in Gujarat. In fact, people have quit theirContinue Reading
KN Narayana Gowda, a farmer who would sell his papaya produce at Rs 18 (USD 0.24) per kg before the coronavirus outbreak, says that about 3-4 tonnes of ripening fruits on his 4-acre patch of land comprising 4,000 trees, remain unharvested.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Monogya Loiwal, India Today Fruit vendors in West Bengal are in a fix as they are forced to sell their produce at a relatively lower price than it was sold before the country was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Guava cultivators, who sold their produce at Rs 7-8 perContinue Reading
SOURCE: PTI, Deccan Herald With the easing of lockdown curbs, banana growers from Ardhapur tehsil in Maharashtra’s Nanded district have started getting demands for export of the fruit to Gulf countries, helping them fetch a better price for their produce. The state agriculture department is also guiding farmers from theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mathrubhumi Giving huge loss to farmers and vendors, tonnes of pineapple got rotten at Vazhakkulam pineapple market here. It is reported that the pineapple taken for sale on Saturday got rot as no customer arrived in the market due to the complete lockdown on Sunday. The rotten fruits wereContinue Reading
SOURCE: Neha Shukla, Times of India A thunderstorm on May 10 could have led to at least 25% loss of the fruit in Malihabad’s mango belt. The erratic weather, longish and harsh winter, and intermittent rains, had already reduced the crop. “There was 30% less fruit this time already. TheContinue Reading