A little bird told me .............
Do you know that in the 1960's and 70's, Malaysia was one of the world's top pineapple producers ?
Pineapples are planted both for the fresh fruit market and also for the canning market
Varieties planted for the fresh fruit markets are Maspine,Josaphine and Mauritius (EngKee) whereas for the canning market are the Gandol and N36.
Discarded pineapple skin are used to generate cattle feed !
Currently Pahang has about 58ha of pineapple farms, Kelantan has the largest area - 309ha, followed by Terengganu with 169ha.
Malaysa imports pineapples from Thailand and Indonesia to meet domestic demand.
ECER- East Coast Economic Region is allocating 7,400 hectars in Pekan and Rompin for pineapple cultivation, with about 2,000 ha for the fresh fruit market and 5,000 hectars with varieties suitable for canning .
ref: The Sun - Jan4 -Biz news
ALONE WE CAN DO SO LITTLE; TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH -Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author and Lecturer
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Friday, January 4, 2008
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