SOURCE: Produce Report On April 11, China’s General Administration of Customs announced via its website that fresh jackfruit from Malaysia meeting the stipulated phytosanitary requirements would be permissible for import into China. Malaysia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security stated at the beginning of 2023 that it would focus thisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hong Chau, VN EXpress Jackfruit prices have increased 6-7 times over the same period last year as traders step up their purchases of the fruit for export, mainly to China. According to surveys carried out in the southern province of Dong Nai and the Mekong Delta provinces of AnContinue Reading
SOURCE: Monash University, Phys.org Australian jackfruit is a tropical treasure: a fruit rich in vitamins, minerals and many phytochemicals that are known to have positive health benefits, and it is incredibly versatile in its culinary uses. When ripe, its sweet fruit segments are akin to the tropical tastes of banana,Continue Reading
The international webinar on ‘Developing the jackfruit for global consumption and markets’ was held on 21 July 2022 and organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) with support from the Malaysian Department of Agriculture (DOA). This is the first of a series of webinars on minor tropical fruits toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tiki Rajwi, The Hindu Athelia rolfsii, a soil-borne fungal pathogen, is a major threat to several crops and was found in jackfruit samples collected from three districts. Compared to other fruits, jackfruit is considered relatively free of diseases, but now, researchers at the Integrated Farming Systems Research Station (IFSRS),Continue Reading
SOURCE: East Mojo Assam has started export of jackfruit and green chilli to Dubai from here, officials said on Saturday. The consignment was flagged off by Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Anbamuthan MP on Friday evening from Bilasipara town for the Lokapriyo Gopinath Bordoloi Airport from where it will leave for MumbaiContinue Reading
SOURCE: George Russell, Asia Financial Singapore-based plant-based food startup Karana is launching in the US market as it tries to spread its jackfruit-based menu offerings after kicking off in Asia last year. As part of the first phase of its US launch, Karana has partnered with restaurants in San FranciscoContinue Reading
SOURCE: Salome Alwanda, Kenya News It is around 5.00 pm and the hot sun in Busia begins to cool down. I then decide to venture out just to find more about the jackfruit. My adventure takes me to a billboard structure along Busia – Korinda road where I find aContinue 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: Athira M, The Hindu Frozen ripe jackfruit is the latest addition to the growing market of value-added products from jackfruit. Bibil Thomas, a 29-year-old software engineer from Kumily in Idukki district of Kerala, has launched Jackobyte, which retails frozen ripe bulbs of jackfruit with a shelf life of threeContinue 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
