Banana

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced a strategic partnership with Arena Packaging, a leading packaging, design, and pooling company in North America, to introduce reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for bananas. read more

The red-skinned bananas grown in the Canary Islands have become quite popular on social networks. Despite not being as well known as other banana varieties, this red-skin variety has been with us longer than we imagined. read more

According to Bancolombia, the weakness of the economy in Europe would be generating certain uncertainty in the Colombian fruit market; especially for bananas, as the EU is its main destination, with a 61% share in 2022. read more

Women workers in Ecuador, the world leaders in banana production and exports, are being empowered through training programs aimed at ensuring their rights and progress in the industry. The host of international accreditations and standards producers have to uphold are not simply certificates on
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The Chira Valley in Peru is one of the main regions for the cultivation of organic bananas. Unfortunately, it is being seriously affected by Fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease. Wageningen University & Research and its partners are taking a multi-pronged approach to solving the
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AgroStar subsidiary INI Farms has shipped its first consignment of ‘Kimaye’ branded bananas to Fresh Del Monte in Europe. The pilot was executed by INI Farms in collaboration with the Agricultural Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), along with support from ICAR-Central Institute
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Greenland Group, the owner of Colombia’s Banacol, has issued a statement denying accusations that the banana company has been complicit in drug trafficking. read more

Thirty years after the creation of the Banana Environmental Commission (CAB), Costa Rica's banana industry has renewed its pledge towards sustainable production by signing a new set of commitments to grow bananas in an environmentally sustainable manner and beyond. read more

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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