SOURCE: Queensland Government Ground-breaking research is bearing fruit in the quest to develop tasty bananas resistant to Panama TR4 disease, helping to protect good jobs in Queensland’s nation-leading banana industry. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said consumer research had identified fourContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Philippines’ share of Asian banana exports has plunged from 90 per cent to 60 per cent according to data from The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). In its final Banana Market Review 2021 report, the FAO said production challenges and the increase inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Victor Daniel Barrera, ABC TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Paraguay’s banana sector used to generate more than 19 million dollars in income a year for the country, nearly 15 million of which were destined directly to the district of Tembiapora. In fact, this continues to be this town’s main source of income.Continue Reading
SOURCE: El Universo TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) convened the first meeting to try to reach a consensus between the different parts of the banana sector on the price that will govern fruit exports in 2023. The first meeting was held last Monday and, since thereContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sina Finance TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Currently, China’s banana market is in its low season of consumption. As the market lacks a sustained positive boost, China’s banana imports were 124,000 tons in July 2022, a decrease of 20.20% month-on-month. The average price of imported bananas was about 624.24 US dollars/ton inContinue Reading
Bananas provide jobs and nutrition for more than 400 million people globally. But the fruit is under threat from one of the world’s most devastating banana diseases. Fusarium, or Panama wilt, is a type of fungus that is carried in the soil and attacks plants – and it has nowContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Hindu The National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), which steps into its 30th year, will introduce two new Grand Naine banana varieties during the course of the year, according to its Director S. Uma. The center would release the two varieties that are resistant to wilt and viralContinue Reading
SOURCE: Associates Times At a Sitting of the House of Assembly, the Minister for Agriculture stated that the fortunes of Saint Lucia’s banana industry were changing for the better. “I am happy to report that we have recommenced the shipment of bananas to the UK for the past nine weeks.Continue Reading
SOURCE: People’s Daily Online TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The Cambodian Banana Association Alliance held a symposium for member companies in Phnom Penh on August 6. More than 50 representatives from alliance member companies and guests from all sectors attended the event. Chen Qisheng, Vice President of Cambodia Chinese Chamber of Commerce andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Matt Brann, ABC Rural The Northern Territory government has confirmed multiple outbreaks of the fungal disease known as banana freckle. After initially being found on a single property near Rum Jungle in May, the government today identified 12 new sites of infection at Fly Creek, Batchelor, Marrakai and theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Business Today India’s banana exports have jumped manifold in the past nine years, confirmed Union Minister Piyush Goyal. The minister said that the banana exports jumped 703 per cent in value terms from Rs 26 crore (USD 3.2million) in April-May 2013 to Rs 213 crore (USD 26.7million) in April-MayContinue Reading
SOURCE: Keith Anthony Fabro, Rappler For 30 years, Melinda Gimotea has been farming seaweeds off the coast of Sitio Balintang in Palawan province’s southern town of Quezon. Along the coast, a pungent fishy smell mixes with sea breeze as women like her in their village are commonly seen under theirContinue Reading