Australian envoy sees potential of exported Davao durian

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong (HK) Yu PSM said that there is  a great prospect for the market of durian in Australia to grow.

“Australia has just 25 million people so it’s not a big country as the Philippines. The durian market is not huge but there is potential to grow… Australia is a multicultural society with immigrants like me living there  we also have big Chinese and other groups and they love durian,” Amb. Yu said during her breakfast interview with Dabawenyo reporters at Dusit Thani Davao today (Dec. 9).

According to the ambassador during her visit to a durian farm, the demand of the fruit  overseas is so great they cannot supply the demand for durian in the other countries.

Durian exported to Australia is in the form frozen durian of the Puyat variety and these came from Davao City.

Ambassador Yu said the demand can influence farmers to shift to durian as conditions here in Davao is conducive for quality durian fruits.

“We know you grow bananas too but you have some problem with bananas, with some sort of disease I learned yesterday that those disease don’t affect durian you can actually very healthy and tasty durian on soil where bananas won’t survive, Ambassador Yu said.

She said considering the demand of durian worldwide the farmers can think of shifting to growing durian in the farms. (PIA/RG Alama)