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March 14, 2025 | 69 News | Climate change is reshaping global mango production, moving cultivation into new regions as traditional growing areas face increased challenges. In Sicily, Italy, farmers li

March 12, 2025 | New Straits Times | An uncontrollable peat fire at Kampung Cenderawasih has destroyed 16.2 hectares of pineapple farms, causing losses exceeding RM150,000. The fire, which started abo

February 17, 2025 | Times of India | Tender coconut prices in Coimbatore are expected to exceed Rs 50 per fruit this summer due to a significant drop in supply. Currently priced at Rs 34 per fruit, th

February 05, 2025 | The World of Chinese | Guangdong’s lychee farmers faced severe losses in 2024 due to extreme weather, including record-breaking rainfall and warmer winters that disrupted flowering

November 14, 2024 | The Investor | Durian farmers in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, face a challenging off-season harvest due to extreme weather conditions, with prolonged rains and intense heat causin

November 17, 2024 | Port Calls | Madagascar's lychee harvest has begun, with four refrigerated ships headed to the eastern coast to collect the fruit for the European market. However, industry lea

November 11, 2024 | Times of India | The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) has successfully experimented with growing dragon fruit (pitaya) in Bhagalpur, and plans for

October 13, 2024 | DAWN | Malik Fiaz, a 70-year-old lychee farmer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Haripur district, faces declining yields due to climate change, with recent years seeing a drop in produce

September 20, 2024 | The Sun | At the National Harumanis Mango Conference 2024, Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu stressed the need for prioritizing research and development to enhance the

October 13, 2024 | Punch Nigeria Limited | Oluwasegun Alabi, CEO of Davidorlah Farms, advocates for investing in pineapple cultivation to combat unemployment and generate foreign exchange for Nigeria.

October 15, 2024 | Retail World | Hort Innovation, in partnership with Lifecycles, is conducting an environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) on Australian avocados to enhance sustainability. This stu

September 03, 2024 | Mongabay | In mid-western Bangladesh, farmers are increasingly converting rice and wheat fields into fruit orchards, primarily mango, lychee, and papaya, due to severe water short