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VN to better control fruit, vegetable exports

The Executive Agency for Health and Consumers of the European Commission recently announced that the EU would issue a ban on imports of fruits and vegetables from Vietnam if 5 more cases violating regulations on food safety and plant quar [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Fruit and vegetable exports to hit $600 million

Export turnover from Vietnamese fruits and vegetables is expected to hit $600 million in 2011, making Vietnam the fifth-biggest exporter in Asia . By the end of November, turnover had already reached $515 million, a year-on-year increase [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Residents of North Charleston's poorest neighborhoods have e...

When Clay Hampton swings a hoe in his garden, he can hear the roar of trucks passing by on Spruill Avenue and see his neighbors riding bikes down to the corner convenience store. He grew up working in his mother's garden on James Isla [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Pouteria caimito

Pouteria caimito, the abiu, is a tropical fruit tree originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It will grow an average of 33 feet (10 m) high, and can grow as high as 116 feet (35 m) under good conditions. Its fruit’s sha [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Developed infrastructure rises fruit, vegetable exports arou...

The fruit and vegetable sectors have the potential to cross half billion dollars mark if the exporters are provided proper facilities of packaging, grading, quarantine and quality control. The country earned US$ 359 million by exporting f [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

High priced vegetables, fruits disappointing buyers

The high cost of vegetables and fruits in almost every market is disappointing the buyers in the Federal Capital. According to a survey conducted here on Sunday, the prices of vegetables including onion, potato, garlic, beans, caulif [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Trade with India: Unrestricted export of farm products sugge...

In response to requests for suggestions from stakeholders by the federal ministry of commerce, All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Importers, Exporters and General Merchants Association has proposed focusing on free trade of fruits, vegetabl [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Fruits and vegetables may step up your response to chemother...

A diet comprising of fruits and vegetables has pretty much been accepted to give you endless health benefits. From staying slim to fighting various diseases a handful of fruits and veggies have certainly emerged successful. Well we’ [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Fruits and vegetable exporters need help

The private sector has urged the government for extending support to vegetable and fruit exporters to enhance export volume and value in the next five years with incentives, as majority Pakistani’s belongs to rural areas depends on [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Big jump in export of fruit, vegetables

Fruit and vegetable export from the country during the first two months of current financial year grew by 60.46 per cent and 80.87 per cent respectively. During the period from July to August 2011 about 86,675 metric tons fruits of differ [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Peel Potential: Banana Peels make Excellent Water Purifying ...

Finally, the peel gets acknowledged instead of being tossed aside! Gustavo Castro and his colleagues from Instituto de Biociencias de Botucatu, Brazil, have developed a water purification system based on banana peels, with no other comple [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

5 Foods That Have More Potassium Than A Banana

By now, you’ve probably heard that we’re likely losing the banana as we know it. Jezebel had the story recently, but it’s been making the rounds for years. And while you may have written it off as being an urban legend, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

USDA Expands Export Opportunities for American Cherry Produc...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that after 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. The market opening p [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Small shelf life hurts mango exports from Pakistan

Pakistani mango is one of the best in taste, but fetches lowest prices in the export market because the quality of fruit deteriorates before it reaches retail counters. “While there is a great international demand for Pakistani m [...]