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CHINA: Southeast Asian fruits continue to sell well, Vietnam pitaya fruits enter the peak of trading

On: November 16, 2021

SOURCE: Sina TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Due to the continuous influence of the double-festival effect, the market for imported fruit transactions in October still showed a strong sales trend. According to statistics, the transaction volume of imported fruits increased by 42.24% year-on-year; the transaction volume increased by 98% year-on-year. The overall averageContinue Reading

NEPAL: Baglung sees commercial farming of dragon fruit

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On: October 30, 2021

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SOURCE: Khabarhub Baglung has witnessed increasing commercial farming of dragon fruit that has drawn a huge demand in the market, of late. Pratiman Thapa, a local of Kathekhola rural municipality-1, Pala Karina of Baglung, has initiated cultivating dragon fruit in the barren land after he returned home from overseas employment.Continue Reading

VIETNAM: Fruit exports to US halted as COVID-19 keeps inspecting officials away

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On: August 23, 2020

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Vietnamese fruit exporters have not been able to ship to the U.S. for days due to a lack of officials to inspect the safety of their products.Continue Reading

IBERIA: Spanish and Portuguese growers have founded a cooperative to promote the cultivation of pitaya

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On: July 23, 2020

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A group of Spanish and Portuguese pitaya producers have set up the Andalusian Cooperative Society (SAC) ‘Pitaya de Andalucía’, through which they intend to promote the cultivation of this tropical fruit in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.Continue Reading

FEATURE: Large scale dragonfruit production in China’s Guangxi Province

By: Yacob Ahmad

On: December 5, 2019

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China is fast becoming a leading producer of dragonfruit (Pitaya). According to China’s Southern Daily newspaper, China had only 3,400 hectares of dragonfruit in 2011. In 2018 the total area had increased substantially to 40,000 hectares, with more additional areas expected in the coming years. In 2019, it was reportedContinue Reading

(UPDATE) Workshop on dragon fruit marketing and value chain to be held in Vietnam

By: Christian Anthony Cangao

On: July 31, 2019

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UPDATE: The tentative program of the workshop is available below. The Food & Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) and Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS-SOFRI) will be organizing an international workshop on “Dragon fruit Network (DFNet): Marketing and the Whole Value Chain” on September 9-10 in Ho Chi Minh City,Continue Reading

TAIWAN: Researchers develop dye-sensitized solar cell using pitaya

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On: March 8, 2019

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A student and his professor at National Chiayi University have developed a method of using a natural dye extracted from dragon fruit, or pitaya, in the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The proposed pollution-free, low-cost technique has been published in the Feb. 4 edition of the Institute ofContinue Reading

PERU: Pitahaya and rambutan as export fruits

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On: May 5, 2018

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Pitahaya and rambutan are two exotic fruits that are a sensation in the province of Chanchamayo, in the region of Junin, and that are currently being produced for export purposes; to date, producers have planted some 250 hectares of these new alternative fruits. These productions have high levelsContinue Reading