Ivory Coast’s cocoa mid-crop could be reduced in quality and length if abundant rain fails to arrive this month, farmers said on Monday, as cocoa regions continue to experience atypically dry weather.
People in the Kashmir valley are facing a crisis situation in the month of Ramzan due to shortages of fresh fruits and vegetables in the market, as supply trucks are facing problems on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in what’s called ‘Indian occupied Kashmir’.
Onion prices are set to soar during the festival season later this year as fewer farmers have planted this crop due to falling prices and poor rainfall, says the Maharashtra government's Agriculture Department.
Adequate supplies and a decline in import prices have brought down the wholesale prices of different categories of dates, a commodity highly consumed during Ramadan, compared to their prices last year.
The domestic watermelon season in the United States has started on a positive note, with plenty of volume out of Florida kicking in. Production is currently concentrated in South and Central Florida, while Texas and North Florida are preparing to start th
The Myanmar Ministry of Commerce announced that seasonal fruits such as apple, peach, mangoes, lemon and others will be allowed to be imported out of their seasons from areas bordering the nation.
Exports of a specified quantity of essential commodities to the Maldives have been exempted from any kind of domestic restrictions or prohibition in the current fiscal year, stated an official notification, issued Tuesday.
As part of the government’s crop diversification programme, a sum of RM18 million (€3.88 mln) has been set aside this year to further develop and strengthen Sarawak’s durian industry.
Five Cambodian mango farms were inspected by Korean officials in March, but the results of the inspection have not been made public yet, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed this week.
There has been much discussion surrounding the withdrawal of the Tomato Suspension Agreement in recent months and today, 90 days after the initial termination announcement.
Brazilian soy industry group Abiove raised its estimate for the country’s current soybean crop on Monday to 117.6 million tonnes from a March forecast of 116.9 million tonnes, as late maturing fields show better productivity.
Several traders dealing with dates at different grocery stores and fruit shops across the capital of Bangladesh, told that they have stored sufficient supply of dates ahead of Ramadan, the festival that begins Tuesday
The Red River Delta province of Hai Duong is expected to harvest about 35,000-40,000 tons of litchi in 2019, as local entrepreneurs are stepping up efforts in preparations for the export of litchi to China.
