SOURCE: Opportimes TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Mexico’s mango exports between January and October 2020 increased by 4.5% in value over the same period of the previous year, totaling 325.7 million dollars. The export volume increased by 2.5%, totaling 409,800 tons, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The growth of MexicanContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted local agricultural products and exports, especially to China, disrupting agricultural value chains and posing risks to farming households. According to Dr Đào Thế Anh, deputy director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the most affected agricultural products are fresh fruits, vegetablesContinue Reading
SOURCE: China.org Kenya is likely to resume exports of mangoes to the European Union (EU) in December after a period of five years, a government official said on Tuesday. Benjamin Tito, director, Horticultural Crops Directorate told Xinhua in Nairobi, that the country imposed an export ban of the crop dueContinue Reading
by Amit Srivastava, Free Press Journal Though the mango season is yet to begin in India, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Vashi has received a total of 1500 boxes of Malavi mangoes from Africa on Wednesday. This is the second year, when the Malavi mangoes have been imported becauseContinue Reading
SOURCE: Diario Sur TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The Agrarian Transformation Society (SAT) Trops and Vodafone have launched a pilot project to provide mango harvesting machines with artificial intelligence so they can decide in real-time if the fruit is ready to be harvested based on the fruit’s size, appearance, and point of maturity.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Tim Dornin, The Canberra Times Mangoes sent to South Australia from a Northern Territory supplier are being withdrawn from supermarket shelves and fumigated or destroyed after the discovery of Jarvis fruit fly maggots. All fruit sent from the particular grower to SA since October 5, including some still inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Courtney Fowler, ABC Mango growers in Kununurra are facing one of their most challenging mango harvests yet, off the back of a decade of dwindling yields out of Western Australia’s Ord Irrigation Scheme. At its peak, WA’s largest mango-growing region produced well in excess of half a million trays.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Aaron Bunch, The Canberra Times A second group of mango pickers is expected to touch down in the Northern Territory after flying from Vanuatu to help with the Top End harvest. Coronavirus health restrictions and closed borders stopped many seasonal workers travelling to the NT, leaving growers desperately shortContinue Reading
SOURCE: Madelaine B. Miraflor, Manila Bulletin Pineapple and watermelon are currently the most profitable fruit commodities in the Philippines with growers posting record high return of investments (ROI) of 377 percent and 220 percent, respectively among other fruit growers in 2019. This is based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA)Continue Reading
SOURCE: Pakistan Today Pakistan has surpassed its mango export target by 45,000 tonnes despite grave challenges arising from the global outbreak of coronavirus. According to the All Pakistan Fruit & Vegetable Exporters, Importers & Merchants Association (PFVA), Pakistan has so far exported 125,000 tonnes of mangoes, fetching valuable and muchContinue Reading
With the aim of turning mango cultivation into a highly profitable business in the Dominican Republic, the National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (Coniaf) put into circulation a modern technical guide for the sustainable production and export of this fruit.Continue Reading
Despite the complex international scenario caused by the pandemic, the Venezuelan company Casa Fresca has successfully exported more than 200,000 kilograms of Spanish Red pineapples and more than 122,000 kilograms of Kent and Keitt mangoes to Iran.Continue Reading