Banana

"Comedian," the art piece by concept artist Maurizio Cattelan that stirred controversy in the art world when it was presented at Art Basel Miami in 2019, will be up for sale at a Sotheby's auction in New York on November 20 for a price of one million dollars. The artwork features a banana taped to read more

The banana stuck to the wall with duct tape is going up for auction for the first time with a starting estimate of at least one million dollars: a staggering amount for the conceptual work by Maurizio Cattelan that in 2019, causing a great sensation, was sold for over $120,000 amidst controversy. read more

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 24 (EFE).- The 21st edition of "Banana Time," the largest international convention for the banana industry, began with a plea for unity from Ecuador, the world's top exporter of the fruit, to address global challenges such as low supermarket prices in Europe. read more

This adjustment, as reported by reefertrends, means an increase of 0.40 US dollars compared to the price that will be in effect in 2024. According to Richard Salazar, the executive director of the Ecuadorian Association for the Marketing and Export of Bananas (Acorbanec), the. read more

Ecuador's new minimum support price for a box of bananas will be US$7.25 starting from 1 January 2025. This marks an increase of US$0.40 from the price in 2024, as stated by Richard Salazar, the executive director of the Association for the Marketing and Exportation of Bananas of Ecuador (Acorbanec). read more

Ecuador continues to be a global leader in agricultural exports, with products such as bananas leading the way. Bananas account for four out of every ten bananas sold worldwide. The country has also diversified its exports with other agricultural products, including pitahaya, malanga, plantain, mango, and more. read more

"Thomas van Tonder, an Exec-U-Fruit market agent at the Johannesburg municipal market for fresh produce, stated that banana prices are currently so high that buyers for school feeding schemes have stopped purchasing bananas. Exec-U-Fruit was founded in 1998 by Carlos Dos Ramos, Gavin Cos, and Nelson." read more

Hurricane Oscar has caused significant damage to the agricultural sectors in Guantánamo, particularly affecting banana and tomato plantations. Reports from the state-run newspaper Venceremos and Radio Baracoa have highlighted the extensive damage. In particular, banana plantations have suffered damage in approximately read more

Ta seria prezentuje średnie ceny hurtowe bananów według kraju pochodzenia. Ceny są krajowymi średnimi najczęściej obowiązujących cen bananów na rynkach hurtowych w Birmingham i Londynie. Publikacja ta jest aktualizowana co tydzień. W 42. tygodniu najbardziej zauważalnym wzrostem ceny jest Costa.

This series provides the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most common prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. In week 42, the most noticeable price increase is Costa. read more

W ciągu ostatnich miesięcy ceny bananów w Rosji spadły z 1,66 do 1,24 dolara za kilogram z powodu malejącego popytu. Jednakże ten spadek jest tymczasowy, a ceny mają wzrosnąć w ciągu następnego miesiąca. Głównym powodem obecnej sytuacji są wyzwania w Ekwadorze, głównym dostawcy bananów do Rosji. read more

Pierwsza dostawa świeżych bananów z Laosu dotarła do Pekinu, stanowiąc kamień milowy w systemie logistyki łańcucha zimnego kolei chińsko-laotańskiej. Przesyłka, przewożona przez pierwszy międzynarodowy pociąg zimnego łańcucha kolejowego, podkreśla potencjał tej linii kolejowej do zwiększenia handlu regionalnego i współpracy.

The first shipment of fresh bananas from Laos arrived in Beijing, marking a milestone in the China-Laos Railway's cold-chain logistics system. The shipment, carried by the railway's first international cold-chain train, highlights the railway's potential to boost regional trade and cooperation. read more

Według szacunków, kolumbijskie eksport rolno-spożywczy przekroczył 8 miliardów dolarów w 2023 roku. Banany były jednym z głównych produktów eksportowych. José Francisco Zúñiga, prezydent Asbama, wypowiedział się na temat obecnej sytuacji sektora bananowego, szczególnie w regionach takich jak Magdalena i La Guajira, gdzie read more

Experts from the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) are using satellite technology to combat the Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) fungus, which poses a threat to banana and plantain crops in Guatemala and Belize. This effort was showcased at the 2024 International Forum on Applied Technology in Musacae,... read more

Wzrost eksportu świeżych bananów z Peru odnotował spadek po raz drugi z rzędu we wrześniu, pomimo wzrostu średniej ceny. W tym okresie kluczowe rynki, takie jak Stany Zjednoczone i Holandia, doświadczyły fluktuacji w poziomach importu, negatywnie wpływając na sytuację. read more

Bananas grown in the Spanish Canary Islands are not the only ones produced in a European country. In fact, while bananas are cultivated far from the European mainland, near the Atlantic coasts of Africa, there are also bananas grown in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. read more

Chiquita, along with project partners Yelloway, KeyGene, MusaRadix, and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), announces the arrival of Yelloway One (YW01), a revolutionary Cavendish banana hybrid resistant to Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and partially resistant to Black Sigatoka. read more

A roadmap for negotiating living wages in the banana industry of Côte d'Ivoire has been signed by banana companies, workers unions, retailers, state actors, and ILO under the framework of Decent Work and Shared Responsibility. The approval of the agreement marks the end of a three-year program. read more

Key players in the Côte d'Ivoire banana supply chain, including banana companies, workers unions, retailers, government representatives, and the International Labour Organization (ILO), have signed a roadmap for negotiating living wages in the industry. read more

The banana sector in Colombia has once again urged European retailers to pay a fair price for the fruit, acknowledging the efforts made by the industry to increase social and environmental sustainability. read more

W USA, producent i dostawca Kapi Kapi Growers ogłosił wprowadzenie organicznych bananów do swojego portfela produktów. read more