21.   Ismail said farmers and fruit growers should act fast to improve food processing in order to overcome the low productivity.

22.   Most of the Philippines market had been closed off to Australian fruit growers because of concerns of fruit fly infestation.

23.   Padi fields are drying up, fruit growers are facing low yields.

24.   Saeng Pongpaewchai, a Sanam Chai Khet district fruit grower, said the drought is to blame for the disastrous season.

25.   The incident, aired repeatedly on Spanish television, underscored the tensions among French fruit growers over what they view as unfair competition from foreign markets.

26.   U.S. banana companies are pressuring the European Union to levy higher tariffs against Caribbean fruit growers, who currently enjoy preferential access to the European market.

27.   The first boxes of US apples imported by Japan hit supermarket shelves in big cities Monday, drawing sweet-and-sour remarks from consumers and a counter-offensive from local fruit growers.

28.   The first cargoes of American apples arrived at Japanese ports Thursday after the lifting of an import ban, annoying local fruit growers.