by Andrew Dunne, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine/Phys.org In the 1950s, the “Gros Michel” variety of banana was wiped out by Panama disease. The banana crop in some locations was basically eliminated by the disease of fusarium wilt, caused by a pathogen that enters the plant through theContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Costa Rica News Costa Rican scientists announced this past Wednesday, the launch of three varieties of papaya. These will be delivered to the country’s producers so they can start planting. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) pointed out that, thanks to the genetic modifications that the TicosContinue Reading
SOURCE: wvua23 The U.S. government ordered the destruction a $15,000 shipment of pineapples from Costa Rica after agriculture inspectors in Mississippi found butterfly larvae that they said could be harmful. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Monday that inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, AnimalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Marvin Barquero, La Nacion TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Honduras’ Hass avocado has gone from accounting for 4.17% of all Costa Rican imports of this fruit in 2018 to 30% in the first nine months of 2020, positioning the Central American country as Costa Rica’s leading supplier of Hass avocado. According toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Petra Wiesmayer, Innovation Origins Approximately every fifth tree felled worldwide ends up as paper in our homes. It might be a book, a newspaper, a magazine, a writing pad, some wrapping paper, a kitchen towel, or a roll of toilet paper. Since about 15 billion trees are felled eachContinue Reading
SOURCE: EFE, La Vanguardia TRANSLATION: Freshplaza On Wednesday, July 1, Costa Rica declared a state of phytosanitary emergency as a measure to prevent the entry of the Fusarium TR4 plague into the country and protect its banana production, an important activity that generates more than 140,000 direct and indirect jobsContinue Reading
Source: Costa Rica Noticias Translation: Freshplaza Pineapple growers in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica face millions in losses due to the drop in demand for pineapple in their main export markets, the United States and Europe, which has worsened with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The exportContinue Reading
Original Source: Checkout Irish fruit grower, importer and distributor Keelings has acquired a pineapple farm in Costa Rica. The farm boasts 900 hectares of land, 460 employees and a modern pack-house which produces over 24 million pineapples each year. In a statement Keelings said that Las Brisas is the onlyContinue Reading
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
As consumers become increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of agro-commodity production, with the click of a button, companies buying pineapples from Costa Rica – one of the world’s largest producers of the fruit – can now see if their suppliers are engaged in deforestation or not, with help fromContinue Reading
The president of the Canarian Executive, Fernando Clavijo, and the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, Alexander Mora, who was on an official visit to the Canary archipelago, stated that the Canary Islands and Costa Rica have asked the European Union to work together to create the conditions so that thereContinue Reading
Costa Rican pineapple suppliers could face major oversupply if the anticipated major demand from China is less than expected. The Chinese market opened for Costa Rican pineapples earlier this year and there are already significant volumes being sent to Asia, said Jai Thakrar, president of exporter Jalaram Fruit, withContinue Reading