Banana news archive – Page 121

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    Spanish support for Canaries' bananas

    2009-11-24T11:45:53Z

    Spanish minister says measures are already in place to support Canaries’ producers should the banana tariff be lowered

  • Ghana bananas
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    ACP anger at EU banana proposal

    2009-11-23T12:22:27Z

    The EU’s proposed banana deal has been criticised by ACP governments, which fear for the livelihoods of their farmers

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    Dole reports third quarter loss

    2009-11-23T10:44:28Z

    Dole Food Company has posted a third-quarter loss of $54 million (£32.5m) as the banana giant looks to recover its debts.

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    Thousands protest against spray ban

    2009-11-23T00:51:41Z

    Thousands of Philippine banana workers have taken to the streets to protest against the country’s banning of aerial fungicide spraying

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    Banana tariff end in sight

    2009-11-21T09:01:01Z

    European trade commissioner Catherine Ashton hinted this week that negotiators are close to an agreement on cutting dollar banana import tariffs.

  • Total integration in North West
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    Total integration in North West

    2009-11-20T09:43:44Z

    FPJ heads to Liverpool for the latest in our features on the Total Produce UK wholesale business and finds that the company’s North West director, Steve Webster, was quick off the mark when integrating the region’s wholesale branches under one, unified banner. Tommy Leighton reports

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    Philippines health body recommends spray ban

    2009-11-19T05:30:06Z

    The Philippine Department of Health has angered banana workers with its recommendation to ban aerial crop spraying

  • Bananas
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    Punjab farmers try bananas

    2009-11-17T05:59:07Z

    Farmers across India’s Punjab region are increasingly turning towards bananas in a bid to increase their profit margins

  • Colombia is one of Chiquita's biggest banana sources
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    Chiquita under fire over terrorist claims

    2009-11-16T15:01:01Z

    Protesters are set to hold banana giant Chiquita to account over the alleged funding of terrorist groups in Colombia this week.

  • Chiquita Rewe Panama
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    Rewe Tropenprojekt 'progressing well'

    2009-11-16T10:54:34Z

    Protection of Panamanian wetlands in country's Bocas Del Toro province backed by Chiquita promotion during November

  • Philippines banana inspection
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    Spray ban 'threatens' Philippine bananas

    2009-11-16T09:12:24Z

    National group Croplife has urged the country's government to consider the potential damage to the export industry of a ban on aerial spraying

  • Chiquita logo close-up
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    Chiquita expands television promotion

    2009-11-13T11:40:28Z

    The group is adding to its banana-focused TV campaign and is now running it in over 40 markets across the US

  • Seafreight confronts challenges
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    Seafreight confronts challenges

    2009-11-13T09:54:08Z

    The seafreight sector has faced turbulent times in recent years, with overcapacity and the global recession throwing the industry off kilter. Doris Lee Butterworth reports

  • French think pink
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    French think pink

    2009-11-13T09:53:56Z

    Viewed by many as one of the most well-established brands in the fresh produce industry, the development of the Pink Lady apple has been held up as a model for others to follow. Alex Lawson travelled to southern France to see how the fruit reached this point and what lies in store for the product

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    Guatemala secures new banana route

    2009-11-12T11:27:21Z

    Starting next year, the country’s bananas will be shipped to the US from the Port of Chiapas in Mexico

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    Rome to host banana forum

    2009-11-09T11:51:50Z

    The Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Banana Production and Trade will take place on 7-8 December

  • Corbana
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    Costa Rica travels to Middle East

    2009-11-09T10:31:29Z

    The world’s third-largest banana exporter is visiting Dubai as a first step to expansion in the Middle East region

  • Workers and their families have been protesting against conditions in the pineapple industry
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    Pineapple report slams practices

    2009-11-09T08:01:01Z

    A new report into Costa Rican pineapple production claims the country’s industry is rife with questionable labour tactics, severe health risks and soil depletion.

  • Ecuador bananas
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    End in sight for EU banana dispute

    2009-11-03T12:03:23Z

    Reports claim that negotiators are close to agreeing a deal that would see tariffs lowered on Latin American banana exports to the EU

  • Costa Rica bananas
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    Costa Rican banana exports set to fall

    2009-11-03T11:03:20Z

    National export agency Procomer reveals slump in exports as a result of unfavourable temperatures during the crop’s development