SOURCE: Kasan M., Bangsamoro The start of commercial operations of the state-of-the-art pineapple packing plant of Wao Development Corporation (WDC), a subsidiary of multinational fruit company, Dole Philippines, Inc. (Dolefil), was formally launched thru a ceremonial ribbon cutting by the officials from the Regional Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) onContinue 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: 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: Clement Reid, Irie FM The Pineapple Growers Association has expressed concern about the rising cost of fertilizer. President of the association Everton Farquharson, told Irie FM news that the cost of the fertilizer which is needed to improve crop yield, continues to increase almost, every month. He is callingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Susan Marais, Farmers Weekly Despite improved producer prices, pineapple farmers are feeling the pinch of rising input costs. Former Agricultural Writers South Africa’s farmer of the year Fred Visser, owner of Gwanzi Queen Pineapples near Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal, told Farmer’s Weekly that the plastic covering for the plants andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Marco Campos, Produce Blue Book With an average volume of 73,000 tons, Mexico was ranked the world’s seventh largest exporter of fresh or dried pineapples during 2016-2020, with a 1.9 percent share in global sales of fruit. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, reportedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal Nextevo is putting an unconventional spin on sustainable fibers and yarns, turning to pineapples as the source of its spun fabric with the help of local farmers in Thailand and Indonesia. The material producer, established in June 2019 and headquartered in Singapore, blends ready-to-spin fibersContinue Reading
SOURCE: wvua23 The U.S. government ordered the destruction a $15,000 shipment of pineapples from Costa Rica after agriculture inspectors in Mississippi found butterfly larvae that they said could be harmful. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Monday that inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, AnimalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ida Lim, Malay Mail Coconut was what Malaysians ate the most in terms of weight in 2020 out of 14 fruits included in an official study, with the second being durians. In the Department of Statistics Malaysia’s (DOSM) report released today, the per capita consumption or the yearly individualContinue Reading
SOURCE: Charissa Luci-Atienza, Manila Bulletin The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) officially kicked off the implementation of the Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER) for Queen Pineapple through the Accelerated R&D Program for Capacity Building of ResearchContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza In 2019 Ghana exported $10 million of pineapples to the worldwide market as global demand for the fruit was increasing. “We received a number of requests for fresh pineapples,” said Stephen Mintah General Manager of Sea Freight Pineapple exporters of Ghana. “Because of our climatic conditions we canContinue Reading