Friday, September 25, 2009

USA: It's time to adapt our mango-growing ways to South Florida

Sep 13, 2009 - Miami Herald

It is said that in India people cherish two things above all else -- the monsoon and the mango. It is in these two truths that we in South Florida can find a common ground with our brothers and sisters in Asia. ... read more...

Ghana: Poverty Reduction: Let's try mangoes

Sept 15, 2009 - Ghana News Agency

Mangoes grow very well all over the country and one needs not to undertake any feasibility studies to know that mangoes do well in tropical Ghana. The production of the fruit on a large scale could generate processing factories all over the country for the canning or bottling of mango juice. ... read more...

Philippines: Mango production increases in E. Visayas in the 1st half

Sept 17, 2009 - Business World Online

Veronica Berenguer, high value commercial crops coordinator for Eastern Visayas, said the region produced 468 metric tons of mangoes from January to June, 12% higher than the 417-MT yield in the same period last year. Nationwide, mango production went down by 14.5%, she added. ... read more...

USA: Mango suppliers' production projections

The National Mango Board is working with the organizations in the mango-producing countries
to get projections of what will be shipped to the U.S. This document contains information
from the countries currently shipping or planning to ship in the near future to the United
States and does not represent the entire year. The crop forecast document will be updated
as we receive new information from each country. Other valuable tools include (these are
links):
http://mango.org/media/12687/mango_crop_forecast.pdf

Peru prepares to export mangoes to Japan

21 sept 2009 - Living in Peru

The government of Japan will lift phytosanitary barriers imposed on Peruvian mangoes, towards the end of 2009. according to Peru’s National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa). "This will allow us to enter a market with a high demand," said Americo Florez, Senasa's, head.

Last January, a Japanese technical mission visited Peru and validated the effectiveness of hydrothermal treatment of mango fruits to prevent fruit fly infestation. The first campaign to benefit will take place in 2009-2010, since mango season in Peru starts in December.

Australia: Boffins battle fungus in mango makeover

Sep 25th, 2009 - Northern Territory News

NT Mango Association president Murray Linton said one of the biggest threats to our stocks is the dreaded anthracnose - a fungus that forms after the fruit has been shipped interstate. ... read more...