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Fyffes to rebrand bananas in mainland Europe
2024-02-28 00:00
Fresh produce group Fyffes has announced plans to transition its banana branding in mainland Europe from its traditional namesake to Trudi's, a new consumer brand based in Dublin. This rebranding strategy will affect the company's premium banana segment, excluding products distributed within the
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Ecuador's January 2024 banana exports decrease by 6.87%
2024-02-28 00:00
The banana exporter Ecuador saw a decrease of 6.87% in exports during January 2023 compared to the same month last year ( 2023). Accumulated exports of banana boxes during January 2024 was 33.54 million boxes, compared to January 2023 with 36.02 million boxes.
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Investment to modernise banana plantation irrigation on the island of La Palma increases
2024-02-28 00:00
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), through the Sociedad Mercantil Estatal de Infraestructuras Agrarias (Seiasa), has formalised in San Cruz de La Palma an addendum by which it will increase by 2,178,000 euros the investment already committed to modernise irrigation systems in the island of La Palma.
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3F Exotics have been exporting Thai exotic fruit and vegetables to markets around the world for many years. Some of the main vegetable exports are lemongrass, durian and Nam Dok Mai mango, whose main markets are in Europe.
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Ethy-Gen® II concentrate for banana ripening approved in Germany
2024-02-28 00:00
For more than 50 years, Catalytic Generators has focused on applying ethylene in the safest possible way. Over the years, the company has gained a presence in the USA, Australia and several European countries. Recently, authorisation has been granted for the use of the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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