Chinese market opens the door for Sri Lankan pineapples

Published 2024년 4월 7일

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In May 2023, the FAO-China South-South Cooperation initiated a $1.5 million project aimed at boosting the quality and international marketability of Sri Lankan fruits, specifically bananas, mangoes, and pineapples, over a period of two and a half years across five regions. This project addresses the challenges faced by Sri Lanka, including underdeveloped local cultivation and significant post-harvest losses, despite having over 100 edible fruit crops like the renowned 'Queen of Pineapples'. The project's goals include enhancing productivity, yield, and commercialization efforts, with a focus on meeting stringent quality management and pest control standards for exports to China. This includes the potential to halve the sampling inspection rates from 2% to 1% if no plant quarantine issues are detected within a two-year timeframe.

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The most common variety of Sri Lankan pineapple is the Mauritius pineapple, known as the "Queen of Pineapples". The fruit is conical in appearance, with prickly leaves and golden flesh. It tastes sweet and has a strong aroma, making it very suitable for fresh eating. Sri Lanka has a rich variety of fruits, with more than 100 edible fruit crops. However, local cultivation is underdeveloped and post-harvest losses are large, resulting in low yields and failure to meet international quality standards. Although bananas have long been allowed to enter the country, exports to China have been almost zero for many years. In May 2023, the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) launched a new project with a budget of US$1.5 million in Sri Lanka, aiming to improve the quality of Sri Lanka's fruit and its value in the global market by improving the production and commercialization of Sri Lanka's fruit value chain. Over a two-and-a-half-year period, the project will be implemented in five ...

Source: Foodmate