SOURCE: The Star Durian fans, especially those who love premium varieties like Musang King and Black Thorn, will have to deal with an expected 100% price increase during this year’s durian season. Deputy Agriculture and Food Industry Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah said the price hike was due toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Olivia Miwil, New Strait Times The government has allocated RM1 million to improve Sabah’s pineapple industry this year. Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI), Datuk Sei Dr Ronald Kiandee, said the allocation through the Sabah Pineapple Industry Development Pilot Project would provide great benefits to its cultivation inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liew Jia Xian, The Star Everything seems to be falling into place for durian sellers this year particularly with the reopening of international borders, and the expectation of a bumper crop. Orchard owner and supplier Tan Chee Keat, 30, said the durian trees were flowering well due to theContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Malaysia Reserve The arrival of the Harumanis mango season in May is definitely awaited by many, especially the fruit orchard operators and growers who are now busy making preparations to welcome tourists and fruit enthusiasts. With the recent announcement of the reopening of the country’s borders on AprilContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lo Tern Cheng Durians may cost more in the coming harvest season this April due to a spike in the cost of fertilisers and pesticides. Farmer Max Goh, 46, said the price of multiple kinds of fertiliser used on his farm of about 400 trees has gone up byContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Sun A study conducted by the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) found that 90 per cent of pineapple entrepreneurs, produced under the board’s programmes, have obtained an average income of RM5,000 a month, thus removing them from the low-income household group (B40) bracket. LPNM director-general, Mohd Khairuzamri MContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vincent D’Silva, New Strait Times Three Form Four students of SM I.J. Convent here won second prize at the National Tinkering Challenge 2021 held in Kuala Lumpur recently for developing packaging material from banana stems. Some 200 students nationwide took part in the competition, which called for submissions forContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Sun Daily The floods that hit some states since last Saturday have resulted in 151 pineapple farmers incurring losses from the 125.9 hectares affected by the disaster. Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) chairman, Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal said the floods had mainly affected the pineapple farmers in threeContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Sun Daily Fertile peat soils have enabled the Iban community in Kampung Sumping in Muara Payang here, become one of the top pineapple producers for the district. To date, almost all 11 families living in the village are involved in the cultivation of the Nanas Sarikei variety. AmongContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The Agriculture Department has not received any report of Helicobacter “worms” attacking banana crops in Malaysia, said its director-general Datuk Zahimi Hassan. He said the viral video on the alleged discovery of Helicobacter worms in bananas contained unauthentic and dubious information. Zahimi explained that Helicobacter is aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star After facing difficulties in selling vegetables and losing thousands of ringgit each day following the movement control order last year, Abdul Halim Abdullah decided to turn to Lohan guava (GU16) farming. Abdul Halim, 45, who has been cultivating vegetables such as chillies and eggplants for the pastContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star In the five years since 2016, the value of durian exports abroad has grown by RM74.8 million or 107 per cent, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. He said the great response to Malaysian durians had caused the value of durianContinue Reading