SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The northern province of Bac Giang is building trademarks for local farm produce with an aim of reaching more markets, toward raising the value of agro-forestry produce export by an average 8% a year to reach about 200 million USD by 2030, reported the provincial People’s Committee.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Far Eastern Agriculture According to Le Thanh Tung, deputy director of the department of crop production (Vietnamese Ministry of agriculture and rural development), the output of Southern key fruit trees in 2022 is estimated at over 7.3 million tonnes. Specifically, the output for the first 6 months of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jill Houser, Freshplaza Australian lychee growers were fortunate the season had just finished before the widespread rain and flooding that impacted Queensland and New South Wales, meaning that while properties were affected, all the fruit had been picked for the year. In late February and early March, heavy rainContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Australian lychee industry has identified North America as a key market in its plans to develop exports. The industry has been able to maintain its trans-Pacific supply chain throughout the pandemic with the help of the Australian government’s International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) programme. ThisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Amit Melawar, Tech Explorist Lychee is an important tropical fruit tree species worldwide and a valuable fruit for which the edible portion is an aril. Lychee is cultivated in over 20 countries, an integral part of local economies. Its desirable characteristics include an outstanding nutritional profile, exotic flavor, andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam+ When the lychee harvest time of 2021 came, Bac Giang was still a COVID-19 epicentre with thousands of infection cases. Striving to concurrently fight against the pandemic and promote lychee sale, this northern province took flexible and creative measures to secure a successful crop. A lychee crop withContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam News The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has granted a Geographical Indication (GI) certificate to lychees grown in Lục Ngạn District in the northern province of Bắc Giang, making it the first Vietnamese product to obtain the certificate in Japan, according to the provincial newsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Nhan Dan Vietnam earned US$3.26 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 13%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported. Exports were down because many items with high export value saw volumes fall sharply, such as dragon fruit, which accounts forContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus Bac Giang province has worked with the Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and exporting enterprises to prepare documents, conduct surveys, and issue codes for a planting area of 50 hectares of “thieu” litchi, for export to Japan. On harvest day, ViContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sarah Tétaud, Axadle In Madagascar, lychee exporters have been living the most important eight days of the season since November 13, the opening date for the fruit harvest. The only real unknown: will Western buyers put litchi on the holiday table? Trucks, vans, wagons: a real broom of lycheeContinue Reading
While its fruit was hitting the domestic market, Hejiang County also dispatched its first ever shipment of lychees to be exported to North America.Continue Reading
SOURCE: CGTN Shabei Town in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region enjoys natural advantage of sunshine and rainfall – favorable for fruits. Though the humid town is endowed with abundant natural resources, the local government had difficulties finding a suitable crop to plant to help poor families before 2015. AfterContinue Reading