Banana

Chiquita Brands company Great White Fleet has announced that it has increased its investment in Carrier Transicold PrimeLine container refrigeration units. read more

Tropical fruit producers in the Alanya district of Antalya are facing an uphill battle as sweltering temperatures endanger their harvest. The region, known for its abundant production of tropical fruits such as bananas, avocados, loquats, mangoes, papayas and dragon fruit, has been struggling
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For the ninth consecutive year, Chiquita is participating in the London bus campaign to bring back its iconic yellow banana buses to London this summer. The seven, fully-electric buses will run along central and high-pollution transportation routes from the beginning of July to mid-August,
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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. read more

Costa Rican authorities have seized 898 kilograms of cocaine in a container destined for the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The drugs were hidden among a shipment of bananas. The seizure was made possible thanks to Operation Sovereignty, a new initiative by the Costa Rican government to combat drug
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) announces that it has started legal procedures against eight banana exporting companies for alleged falsehood in the declarations of shipping plans. read more

The FAO has published its Banana Market Review. This is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Bananas of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). read more

Since the unilateral abandonment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by the US in 2018, and the return of crippling sanctions on Iran, imports of bananas into the country have once again experienced major turbulence, with volumes from key origins like the Philippines and Ecuador severely
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Del Monte looks at the environment and takes a step towards the sustainability of its packs by replacing plastic banana bands with paper bands. The choice, it is estimated, will lead to a saving of 2.16 tonnes of plastic per year, a not inconsiderable figure. read more

A dock worker from Portsmouth, who was involved in a plot to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK in pallets of bananas was caught after police switched out the drugs for dummy packages. The suspect was on shift at Portsmouth docks in April last year when 372 pallets of
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This year, Coliman Bananas is celebrating its 45th anniversary. The company was founded by Don Jorge Aguilar Heredia and is now being led by his son Jorge Ángel Aguilar Gallegos. “We started out as a grower and marketer of bananas, papayas, and other products that were sold in Mexico, our
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Saint Lucia is taking concrete steps to prevent the dreaded Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease from reaching its shores. Ministry of Agriculture personnel have formulated a Task Force to help safeguard the country's banana industry from the effects of the Fusarium wilt, commonly known as the Tropical
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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. read more

Formosona-218 is currently the only somaclonal variant of the Cavendish banana that has a very high tolerance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, the greatest threat to the world's banana industry; and Galiltec, which has the exclusive rights for the production and marketing of
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Chiquita, a leading banana company, launches 'It Peels So Good' (click here to read more), a new global campaign that aims to reinforce the brand's leadership role in its category by celebrating, together with the quality of its bananas and their unmistakable taste, the
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The Ecuadorian Association of Banana Growers of El Oro predicts a possible loss of more than 50,000 hectares in production due to the imminent impact of the weather phenomenonEl Niño.  read more

The Farmind Corporation, which is fully engaged in banana production in the Philippines' main production area, Mindanao Island, held a ceremony on June 28 for the completion of the packing house and employee accommodation. read more

The banana-growing greenhouse at the Icelandic Horticultural College might be what the educational institution is most famous for, but there’s a lot more happening at the campus in Hveragerdi, about 40 kilometers southeast of Reykjavik. As the country is looking to be more self-sufficient
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As reported by reefertrends.com, representatives of the Banana Association of El Oro Province (ABO) have called on the government to declare a state of emergency in the sector and enforce the minimum price. El Oro province accounts for about 30 % of Ecuador's banana production, which is
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