SOURCE: Food World TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to the National Animal and Plant Health and Epidemiology and Quarantine Consulting Office (SPS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the General Administration of Customs of China issued a document agreeing to import passion fruit from Vietnam in a pilotContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lindi Botha, Farmer’s Weekly There can be few fruit cultivars whose origins are as unusual as that of the new passion fruit variety, Silesia. When drought struck North West in the mid-2010s, game breeder Darryn Stoltz, who farmed in the province, began to look for a nutritious source ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Glenneis Kriel, Farmers Weekly Mangoes offer a potential turnover of R1 million/ha, but whether this is achieved depends on your production per hectare, when your crop hits the market, and supply and demand, says Bernie van den Heever, co-owner of Cape Mango in the Olifants River region in theContinue Reading
Passion fruit, a climbing vine, is a versatile crop whose demand is growing in both export and domestic markets.Continue Reading
While most people are staying at home due to the disruption of day-to-day activities by the Covid-19 pandemic, one couple in Uasin Gishu County is making the best out of it.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Ann Macharia, Daily Nation Carol, a farmer in Kiambu County, sent me some photos from her passion fruit plantation the other day, asking me to help her diagnose the problem and offer solution. From the pictures, I could tell she had done good management practices like training, weed controlContinue Reading
The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to establish pineapple and passionfruit cultivation zones in Moneragala under the accelerated agriculture development program, “We Grow – We Eat”, implemented under the guidance of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera to establish specific crop zones. The agriculture zones will be established underContinue Reading
Wilkister Osando fully understands what agribusiness is and enjoys every bit of it. On her farm in Borabu, Nyamira County, there are 400 passion fruit plants. Their leafy vines are weighed down by the green-purplish gleaming fruits, dangling from their plants. It is a beautiful scenery andContinue Reading
Farmer Ephantus Mwangi in Kitale had not considered farming until he and his wife Pauline visited the Netherlands at the invitation of a Dutch couple with whom they worked on youth mentorship. Their passion was helping pregnant teens, young mothers and babies, and they set up a rescue home outsideContinue Reading
The prospects of passion fruit farming in Kenya could change for the better if plans to upgrade the fruit into a major horticultural crop are adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture. This is after details emerged that the country’s production of the crop has been on the decline forContinue Reading
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