An Emirati businessman steeped in a rich farming tradition is reaping the rewards of his enterprising approach to agriculture. A real estate boss by day, Abdullatif Al Banna, 56, spends many an evening tending to the thousands of pineapples he grows each year at his farm in the desert ofContinue Reading
Pineapple leaf fibres could hold the key to cheaper weight-loss supplements with the added benefit of being greener and more sustainable for the environment. The National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday (May 17) said that its researchers have developed a method to use these cheap and abundant fibres toContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Hindu Pineapple farmers from Vazhakkulam distributed 10,001 best-quality pineapples free of cost to people in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency on Tuesday to protest against what they said was a steep fall in demand for the fruit and subsequent dip in prices. “There is nobody to buy the fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: Caribbean Journal The Caribbean’s “sweetest” festival is coming back for 2022. The popular Pineapple Festival in Eleuthera will run June 3-4 on the island of Eleuthera, the heart of the country’s pineapple industry. After a pandemic hiatus, the event is back this year for what will be its 33rdContinue Reading
SOURCE: Su Mu-chun and Ko Lin, Focus Taiwan The Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) on Tuesday said it had registered with Japan’s agricultural ministry a new pineapple variety that it developed in 2019. The new cultivar, named Tainung No. 23, was developed by TARI’s Chiayi Agricultural Experiment Station, which isContinue Reading
SOURCE: Graphic Online The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in collaboration with the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) are supporting the promotion of Ghanaian exotic fruits under the theme “Discover the superior taste of Ghana’s green gold”. The WACOMP is funded by the European Union (EU) and aims to strengthenContinue 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: Asociacion RUVID, Phys A group of researchers from the University of Alicante Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences has been working, since the end of 2021, on a project on development of natural bioaromas to increase the shelf life of fresh food and reduce food waste. TheContinue Reading
SOURCE: Reginald Davey, Azo Materials Researchers from three universities in Malaysia have collaborated on a paper investigating the effects of a mixture of pineapple fiber and hydrated lime on the compressive strength of granitic residual soil. Their findings have been published online this week in the journal Sustainability. Granitic SoilsContinue Reading
SOURCE: KA Martin, The Hindu Pineapple prices are moving up with summer season demand rising in the north Indian cities. The price of the raw fruit had gone up to ₹39 and ₹41 (USD 0.51-0.54) a kg and ripe fruit fetched up to ₹44 (USD 0.58) a kg, said JohnContinue Reading
SOURCE: Debraj Deb, Indian Express Tripura has decided to start work in mission mode over the next five years to promote the growth of pineapples and jackfruits for facilitating their export to foreign countries after their “augmented” growth figures were still found behind expected numbers. Tripura, which announced queen pineappleContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daiji World India’s pineapple exports rose by almost 100 per cent to $3.26 million during the April-December period in 2021, compared to $1.63 million recorded in the corresponing period of 2013, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry informed on Monday. The major export destinations last year were the UAEContinue Reading