Banana news archive – Page 104
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Costa Rica anticipates banana comeback
The early signs are good for the country’s banana industry as it looks to bounce back from weather complications
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Dole backs Fruity Friday
Dole Fresh UK is sponsoring Fruity Friday, a UK-wide campaign aimed at encouraging greater consumption of fresh produce
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Windward bananas hit by dry spell
A drop in the size and volume of banana production is being attributed to a prolonged dry season across the region
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Wonky produce ban proposals quashed
An attempted revolt against new laws on the sale of misshapen produce in the EU has failed, with a ban on such products averted.
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Dole opens Costa Rican medical unit
Dole has opened a mobile medical unit to rural communities in Costa Rica to give access to preventive medicine and specialised health attention.
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Clerici renews contract with Seatrade
Italian group will continue to act as Seatrade's shipping agency in Genoa despite selling fruit terminal last summer
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Maersk Line opens Ecuador-Russia route
First direct liner service between the two countries aimed at meeting increased demand for reefer transport, says shipping firm
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Philippines banana growers sweating
A dry spell in the Philippines has banana growers worried that much of this year’s yield won’t be suitable for export
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Ecuador issues positive forecast
The world’s largest banana exporter is looking forward to another bumper supply year on the global market
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A convenient way of life
Fresh produce companies are targeting the convenience sector with gusto and considerable successes are being achieved. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
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Across the pond - plenty of food for thought in Florida
I have often heard it said that UK multiples have little to learn from their US counterparts when it comes to retailing fresh
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EC ‘rules out’ further banana aid
EC 'will not' provide further financial aid to Canary Islands’ growers to compensate for lowering of banana tariff, say reports
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Bananas could inhibit HIV transmission
US researchers have discovered that bananas have the power to stop the transmission of HIV.
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Chiquita announces biodiversity deal
Banana multi-national Chiquita and Costa Rican banana industry body Corbana have announced an expanded partnership for the San San Pond Sak biodiversity project in the border region of Panama and Costa Rica.
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Banana link to HIV prevention
US researchers have discovered that banana lectins have the capacity to stop the transmission of HIV
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South African ag reforms unsuccessful
The South African Rural Development and Land Affairs minister Gugile Nkwinti has announced that at least nine out of 10 black farmers given land through the South Africa government’s land redistribution programme have failed.
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TV doctor praises Spanish berries
The Seasonal Berries campaign backed Spanish strawberries at a press event in London last week, where TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen told consumer journalists about the health benefits of eating berries before the group sampled berry recipes at tapas restaurant Iberica.
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Canaries growers stage banana protest
Banana producers from Canary Islands will hand out 20 tonnes of bananas in Madrid to protest against EU banana trade deals
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Chiquita eyes Ethiopian banana potential
Representatives from the group have visited growers in Abraminch, one of the country's major fresh fruit production areas
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New banana trade deal rumoured
Colombian and Peruvian banana exporters could receive a lower entry tariff from the EU, after reportedly signing a new trade deal.