Banana

Colombian banana exporter Banacol is facing scrutiny over allegations of involvement in transporting large cocaine shipments to Italian organized crime. The high-profile company has been linked to an array of Colombian politicians, including former President Álvaro Uribe and Medellín’s
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Fairtrade International has unveiled a new initiative to deliver decent incomes for workers on Fairtrade-certified banana plantations across the world. The organisation’s sustainable offering to achieve living wages, living incomes and resilient banana supply chains is being launched at Fruit
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The 30th anniversary of Costa Rica’s Banana Environmental Commission (CAB) saw a setting out of new green pledges. The establishment of the CAB in 1992 marked Costa Rica out as a pioneer in sustainable production. The voluntary code – a public/private alliance between producers, workers and
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Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Arena Packaging to introduce Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) for bananas. The invention aims to transform industry standards for fruit while significantly reducing food waste, carbon emissions, operational costs
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The Orsero Group renews its support for the Flying Angels Foundation, a non-profit organisation that finances and organises life-saving air flights for seriously ill children around the world who cannot be treated in their own country. From November (and while stocks last), the
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The port of Vigo has become a powerhouse in Spanish fruit imports. In recent years, this port has experienced the strongest growth in the fruit trade among all Spanish ports. The port has become a gateway to Europe for Costa Rican products, especially bananas. The growth in fruit imports has
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The Orserorinno Group renews its support for the Flying Angels Foundation, a non-profit organisation that finances and organises life-saving air flights for seriously ill children around the world who cannot be treated in their own country. read more

Ecuadorean banana exporter association Acorbanec celebrated its seventh anniversary this week by reaffirming its commitment to improving the competitiveness and sustainability of the country’s banana industry. read more

In Uganda, banana plants that remain unused and considered as waste are recovered by reusing the trunks to produce a vegetable fibre to make textiles or carpets. This is the mission of the start-up TexFad, which aims to transform the waste from this crop,
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Going beyond the Cavendish variety to produce bananas resistant to pathogens and more resilient to climate change. This is the goal of the innovative Yelloway project launched by Chiquitain in collaboration with KeyGene, MusaRadix and Wageningen University and Research. After mapping
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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

The new 2024 minimum support price for a box of bananas was set in Ecuador at $6.85 between producers and exporters yesterday. This follows after two previous rounds of negotiations failed to reach an agreement, while producers are said to not be happy, exporters were hoping not to increase from
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Swiss textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants. The material is the latest version of a fabric made from the banana plant that Bananatex first launched in 2018. Bananatex developed the fabric by
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In 2023, a total of 81.77 million crates have been shipped up to September, in contrast to 2022, when exports reached 69.75 million crates, an increase of 17.22%. read more

In inflationary times, food is less affected than other categories and fresh fruit even less, as around 75% of consumers kept buying the same or more amount of fresh fruits. Speaking from the banana fields of their latest organic farm Finca San Jorge in Ecuador, Michaela Schneider, Fyffes
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The Protected Geographical Indication "Plátano de Canarias", which covers 100% of banana production in the archipelago, will from now on have a differentiated nomenclature within the European Union's customs code. This is reflected in the modification
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The Protected Geographical Indication "Plátano de Canarias", which encompasses 100% of the banana production in the archipelago, will now have a differentiated nomenclature within the European Union's customs code. read more

The loss of production caused in the wake of the eruption on the island of Palma generated a serious drop in consumption of Canary Islands bananas due to the lack of product and high prices. Many consumers opted for other products, and the total sale of bananas fell by 9% in Spain, the largest
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Scientists have spent years trying to unravel the domestication of the humble banana. Thanks to their efforts we now know what their remote ancestor looked like from 7,000 years ago. A year ago, a group of eight researchers from France, Belgium and Papua New Guinea published an extensive study
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Prices in the Volgograd region are steadily increasing, with vegetables experiencing a sharper rise than other products. According to statistical data, the weekly consumer price monitoring report has been published. read more