Dry spell halves fruit production for next three months

JOHOR BARU: Fruit production in the country has dropped by 50% and the shortage is expected to last for the next three months due to the dry spell since the beginning of the year.

Malaysian Fruit Farmers Association president Hong Jok Hon said the heat had destroyed about half of the fruit crops nationwide, explaining that about 30% of the leaves, flowers and shoots had either wilted or fallen off.