Singapore-based Karana announced today it has closed a $1.7 million seed round to further develop its plant-based meat products, the first of which are derived from jackfruit.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune The farmers said wholesalers and their representatives from different parts of the country flock to the upazila every year when the harvesting season begins. Despite bumper production, jackfruit growers in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur are incurring losses due to a lack of customers and falling prices broughtContinue Reading
From lab-grown “seafood” to dumplings made with tropical fruit instead of pork, rising demand for sustainable meat alternatives in Asia is spawning creative products to appeal to local palates.Continue Reading
As people believe that coronavirus spreads through eating chicken, mutton and seafood, more people are now switching to jackfruit to soothe their meat cravings.
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Government officials are holding discussions with China on exporting Malaysia’s honey jackfruit and swiftlet nests following the successful export of frozen whole musang king durians and MD2 pineapples to that country. Agriculture minister Salahuddin Ayub said procedures and protocols were being prepared by the ministry for the export ofContinue Reading
A Kerala town has made it mandatory for all new buildings to plant native fruit trees as a condition for the grant of the occupancy certificate, without which the building cannot be occupied. The Left-governed civic body in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, enforced the new rule on World EnvironmentContinue Reading
In October last year, a techie turned agriculturist, Yathish Shetty from Bengaluru, along with his wife, launched an online portal ‘Local Farmer’ exclusively for farmers to sell their produce directly to the customers. Around the same time, 150 kilometres away in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka, Shivanna, an engineer turnedContinue Reading
There is a need for an inventory on jackfruit in the country, according to Shree Padre, Executive Editor, Adike Pathrike, a farm monthly and a crusader for jackfruit. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day ‘akala halasu sangama’ (off-season jackfruit mela) here on Saturday he said that no databaseContinue Reading
A farmer producer organisation (FPO) in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district is putting the humble jackfruit back on the table. Long ignored in the region, the jackfruit actually lends itself to being transformed into a value-added product or two. However, not much attention is paid to its cultivation by most farmersContinue Reading
The International Symposium on Technology Intervention for Effective Utilization and Marketing of Jackfruit (Jackfest 2018) will be held in Kerala Agriculture University (KAU), Kerala, India on 9-15 July 2018, organized by Department of Agriculture Development & Farmers’ Welfare and KAU. As the official state fruit, Kerala produces 10% of the total jackfruitContinue Reading
The idea that Malayalis adore the humble jackfruit is clearly an understatement. In Kerala, you don’t just love the bulbous and fleshy ‘chakka’, you are either smitten by it or obsessed with it. How else would you explain the unanimous decision to choose it as the official state fruit?Continue Reading
Harvesting kicks off this week for Yucatán Peninsula-based Jackfruit Mexico in the company’s first season dedicated solely to dehydrated product, plugging into the booming trend for the fruit as a vegan alternative to meat. The campaign also fits nicely with the Tulum Veg Fest this weekend where the company willContinue Reading