A severe strike in Costa Rica over the last two weeks has heavily affected the banana and pineapple industries, with the latter suffering multi-million dollar losses. The standstill by the country’s unions began on Sept. 10 in response to the government’s proposed tax reforms which would mean an increaseContinue Reading
When Telesphore Ruzigamanzi, a smallholder banana farmer from a remote village in Eastern Rwanda, discovered a peculiar yellowish hue on his crop before it started to dry up, he did not give it the due consideration it deserved. “I was thinking that it was the unusually dry weather causingContinue Reading
The Federal Government has launched a 20 million banana-planting project, expected to last for 12 months. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, recently, where he stressed that the project is expected to start very soon. “We are lookingContinue Reading
Banana growers farming with Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) and who sell fruit to New South Wales are benefiting from a new interstate fruit certification agreement. Panama TR4 program leader Rhiannon Evans said Biosecurity Queensland had reached an agreement with the NSW DPI to allow accreditedContinue Reading
Philippines is considering a preferential trade agreement with South Korea to ease access for its banana exports, or may seek to include provisions for banana exports in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreement. Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said he met recently with hisContinue Reading
Cambodia is about to seal a fresh banana deal with China this Thursday, opening the doors for the private sector to have a go at the Chinese market. Hean Vanhan, director-general of the General Directorate of Agriculture, said local farmers and exporters interested in the Chinese market willContinue Reading
Manila should expedite the forging of a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Seoul that would allow Philippine banana exports to enter South Korea at lower tariffs, and ensure that the country would not lose the East Asian market against South American competitors. The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters AssociationContinue Reading
The Ecuadorian banana industry has experienced a volatile few months, with a period of explosive demand at the beginning of the year suddenly followed by a market crash. Hugo Castro, general manager of Ecuador-based exporter Gina Fruit, told Fresh Fruit Portal it has been a complicated year so farContinue Reading
The Taiwanese food giant joins the government’s banana price stabilization initiative and will buy a total of 200 tons of bananas to tackle unreasonable low prices. Following a Taiwanese food giant’s announcement to procure 100 tons of bananas from local banana growers struggling with low prices, the Council ofContinue Reading
Trials of ‘mutated bananas’ on a research farm in the Northern Territory are being watched closely by Australia’s $600 million banana industry. It is hoped these banana plants will be resistant to the deadly Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4), which wiped out the NT’s banana industry in theContinue Reading
A Japanese researcher has developed a banana that can be grown outside tropical or subtropical regions, and can be eaten in its entirety. Named Mongee, meaning “super” or “incredible” in the Okayama Prefecture dialect, the banana was developed based on the Gros Michel, a variety that had beenContinue Reading
The South African banana industry is currently facing a disease threat from two sides: the first is the dreaded Fusarium TR4 that was identified in Nampula Province in northern Mozambique in 2013, where it is still contained. One of the two affected farms has asked to be declared insolvent andContinue Reading
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