MALAYSIA PINEAPPLE MARKET

THE PINEAPPLE (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit in which also called as pineapples and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.  Pineapples may be cultivated from the offset produced at the top of the fruit and possibly flowering in five to ten months and fruiting in the following six months. Pineapples do not ripen significantly after harvest. Pineapple was introduced in Malaya in the 16th century by the Portuguese. In line with the organised development of rubber plants later in 1921 the pineapple was cultivated in Singapore, Johor and Selangor as a cash crop. Pineapple plants continue to grow and cultivate in peatlands especially in Johor. Malaysia is one of the world's major producers of pineapples besides Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Brazil, Taiwan, Australia, India and South Africa. Pineapple fruit has a high market in countries like Japan, the United States, European Union Economic Countries, West Asia and Singapore. Pineapple industry in Malaysia are organised by Malaysian Pineapple Industrial Board (MPIB) and the head-office are located at Johor Bahru. This article in the blog "Anim Agriculture Technology" share some basic info about pineapple in Malaysia and marketing potontial.

Pineapple grow well in the right temperature to plant pineapple is between 28-35C but pineapple is a type of xerophytic plant where it is quite resistant to drought. It can live in an annual rainfall of 500 - 3,000 mm. Pineapple can be grown on most types of soil from alluvium soils to sulfuric acid and peat soils with good drainage. Currently Malaysia has a total of more than 15,000 hectares of pineapple plantation and the most planted area was in Johor State. In Malaysia there are 5 kinds of pineapple variety It is good to breed because it has a lot of buds at either the base of the tree or at the base of the fruit or at the fruit of the fruit. It is less commercial because its sweetness is less than the other pineapple. Suitable for juices, pineapple syrup or jams. In terms of medicine it is said that it can cure coronary diseases after drinking the pineapple juice. Some varieties grown in Malaysia include MD2, Maspine, Josapine, Pineapple Green (Selangor Green - Its green leaves and fruits make it their name in which when cooking this pineapple will turn yellow), Sarawak Pineapple (It breeds with axillary and is said to take a long time to grow. Nanas Sarawak can be harvested within a year and a half. Long time and unsuitable for commercial crops. Another name for this pineapple is a pineapple pound. It is available in markets or supermarkets). The oldest grown pineapple variety in Malaysia are Nanas Morris (Pineapple Mauritius). This type of pineapple is easy to find in the market or supermarket because the pineapple is easy to grow and less affected by the disease. It also breeds rapidly in the open space. The other pineapple variety grown include Honey Variety and Yankee Variety. From my observation the Pineapple Honey mostly grown in Melaka and Negeri Sembilan. The farmers able to market this variety in the wet markets and supermarkets even though they are slightly more expensive than other states. The small fruit is slightly rounded and tastes very sweet when ripe. When the ripe color turns into reddish.  Yankee pineapple are also known as Selangor Sweet pineapple is sweet and has been a fruit icon for the state of Selangor. It's easy to recognize it because of the very different physical properties of other pineapples. In Malaysia planter need to follow The Pineapple Industry Act 1957 if they want to plant this fruit under Malaysia regulation. In the year 2018, Malaysia Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB or LPNM) has allocated RM2 million under the New Wealth Resources initiative to develop four more MD2 pineapple seeders in a total area of ​​16 hectares. It is estimated that 800,000 MD2 seed will be channeled to the businessman. A total of RM30 million is allocated to the country's pineapple industry this year where RM6.5 million will be channeled to Sarawak. Thanks...

By,

M ANem,

Putrajaya,

Malaysia

(Febuary 2021).