The Department of Agriculture (DA) hopes to meet with the Japanese government to seek an easing of its 100% testing regime for Philippine banana imports, after inspectors found unacceptable levels of chemical residue in one shipment last year. “We are meeting with banana sector leaders in Davao tonight,” Mr.Continue Reading
A Japanese researcher has developed a banana that can be grown outside tropical or subtropical regions, and can be eaten in its entirety. Named Mongee, meaning “super” or “incredible” in the Okayama Prefecture dialect, the banana was developed based on the Gros Michel, a variety that had beenContinue Reading
In 2017, two mangos sold at a Japanese wholesale auction for a record-breaking USD 3,744. Taiyo no Tamago (Egg of the Sun) is a variety of mango grown in the Miyazaki prefecture and sold throughout Japan. Although they don’t usually go for thousands of dollars, on any given day youContinue Reading
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