Banana
Ethylene product for banana ripening approved in Germany
2024-02-27 00:00
For more than 50 years, Catalytic Generators has been focusing on applying ethylene in the safest way possible. Over the years, the company has built a presence in the US, Australia, as well as several European countries. Most recently, approval was received for the use of Catalytic's Ethy-Gen®
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Appetite for fair trade banana category grows
2024-02-27 00:00
Appetite for Fairtrade bananas continues to grow in Canada. As Fairtrade America and Fairtrade Canada recently reported, over the past six years, volumes of Fairtrade bananas in Canada have increased by 466 percent (compared to 15 percent for Fairtrade bananas in Canada).
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4th Global Conference of the World Banana Forum
2024-02-27 00:00
Bananas are the most exported fresh fruit in the world by volume – 19.1 million tonnes in 2022 – and estimated economic value of USD 10 billion per year, making its value chain one of the most important in the world. Additionally, they are an essential source of income for thousands of rural
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Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.97: down 3% from last week
2024-02-27 00:00
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly.
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Fruitbox 102 - Helge Sparsoe, Fyffes
2024-02-26 13:00
Helge Sparsoe, the chief executive officer of Fyffes, talks to Chris White about about how he plans to become a disruptor in the banana business with a new consumer brand called Trudi’s. But does the new brand spell the end of the Fyffes name that’s been part of the fresh fruit and vegetable
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Del Monte reports on overall net loss for 2023
2024-02-26 12:00
Fresh Del Monte has reported that its net sales and net income both fell in 2023, when compared with the previous year.
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We cannot continue marketing as we used to when Canary bananas had a privileged position in our market
2024-02-26 00:00
The Canary Islands banana has been immersed in a dynamic of low prices for over a year, with no clear end in sight. "The truth is that there is an overproduction of Canary bananas, and the sector is struggling to sell them in its traditional market, which is the Iberian Peninsula and the
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Growing the appetite for the Fairtrade banana category
2024-02-26 00:00
The appetite for Fairtrade bananas continues to grow in Canada. As Fairtrade America and Fairtrade Canada recently reported, over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased in the past six years by 466 percent in Canada (compared to 15 percent in the United States).
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Vietnam: Significant increase in the export value of domestic fruit
2024-02-23 10:00
One bright spot, according to reefertrends, was the durian fruit, whose export turnover rose by 430.1 % year-on-year to an unprecedented USD 2.2 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In addition
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Eurobanana helps its farmers in this difficult time
2024-02-23 00:00
It is essential that farmers have the necessary solvency to finance the day-to-day running of the crop, allowing them to focus on the complexities of farming itself. For this reason, Eurobanana
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Ecuador's banana industry is relieved that common sense prevailed in last week's import ban imposed by Russia. They can now focus on more pressing challenges, such as the impact of the recent heavy rains on the plantations and the market demand 'not
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UK's largest cocaine bust happened at Southampton Port
2024-02-23 00:00
In a significant crackdown on international crime syndicates, UK authorities intercepted a colossal £450 mln cocaine shipment at Southampton Port, marking the country's largest-ever class A drug seizure.
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Banana imports fall in Uzbekistan, Ecuador remains top supplier
2024-02-23 00:00
Uzbekistan's banana imports dropped by 5% in 2023, reaching 133.5 thousand tons, compared to 140.2 thousand tons in 2022. Ecuador continued to be the main source of bananas for Uzbekistan in 2022-2023.
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Delivered by Hort Innovation and led by QUT in partnership with Future Food Systems, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub (ARM) and BNL Industrial Solutions, the US$2 million programme will use technologies such as computer vision and machine learning to help the
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Genetically modified TR4-resistant banana approved for consumption
2024-02-22 01:00
The Australian government has issued Queensland University of Technology (QUT) a licence to commercially release QCAV-4, a genetically modified (GM) variety of Cavendish banana that is highly resistant to tropical race 4 (TR4).
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Robotic arm under development to automate banana de-handing
2024-02-22 01:00
Australian scientists are researching and developing new technology to build a robotic arm that will automate the repetitive and intensive parts of banana processing.
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Banana imports fall in Uzbekistan, Ecuador remains top supplier
2024-02-22 00:00
Uzbekistan’s banana imports dropped by 5% in 2023, reaching 133.5 thousand tons, compared to 140.2 thousand tons in 2022.
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2023 was the fourth bad year in a row for Peruvian bananas
2024-02-21 00:00
The world's banana market experienced difficulties during 2023 due to a shortage in global supply and logistical issues that affected distribution. However, demand was quite apathetic, especially in Europe. Thus, despite the shortage of supply, it was possible to manage the limited supply
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The Ecuadorian banana industry is relieved that sense prevailed in last week's ban from Russia. Now they can focus on more pressing challenges such as the effect of the recent heavy rains on the banana plantations and 'unconventional' market demand, says Hugo Castro, sales manager of Hugo Fruit.
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GM bananas, spreading in Australia starts
2024-02-21 00:00
Already in recent months we had told you about the new GM banana developed to resist the Panama disease (Fusarium) (click here to read more). Now the Australian government has decreed its release. The news is reported by Freshfruitportal.com, which specifies how the
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