Banana news archive – Page 128
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ArticleTotal integration in North West
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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ArticlePhilippines health body recommends spray ban
The Philippine Department of Health has angered banana workers with its recommendation to ban aerial crop spraying
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ArticlePunjab farmers try bananas
Farmers across India’s Punjab region are increasingly turning towards bananas in a bid to increase their profit margins
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ArticleChiquita under fire over terrorist claims
Protesters are set to hold banana giant Chiquita to account over the alleged funding of terrorist groups in Colombia this week.
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ArticleRewe Tropenprojekt 'progressing well'
Protection of Panamanian wetlands in country's Bocas Del Toro province backed by Chiquita promotion during November
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ArticleSpray ban 'threatens' Philippine bananas
National group Croplife has urged the country's government to consider the potential damage to the export industry of a ban on aerial spraying
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ArticleChiquita expands television promotion
The group is adding to its banana-focused TV campaign and is now running it in over 40 markets across the US
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ArticleSeafreight confronts challenges
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
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ArticleFrench think pink
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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ArticleGuatemala secures new banana route
Starting next year, the country’s bananas will be shipped to the US from the Port of Chiapas in Mexico
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ArticleRome to host banana forum
The Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Sustainable Banana Production and Trade will take place on 7-8 December
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ArticleCosta Rica travels to Middle East
The world’s third-largest banana exporter is visiting Dubai as a first step to expansion in the Middle East region
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ArticlePineapple report slams practices
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.
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ArticleEnd in sight for EU banana dispute
Reports claim that negotiators are close to agreeing a deal that would see tariffs lowered on Latin American banana exports to the EU
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ArticleCosta Rican banana exports set to fall
National export agency Procomer reveals slump in exports as a result of unfavourable temperatures during the crop’s development
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ArticleBudgens boss in banana stand
An independent store owner has taken a stand against the supermarkets as he looks to turn the tide in the banana price wars.
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ArticleChiquita targets on-the-go market
Global banana giant Chiquita has begun trials of a new single-portion banana offer based around storage technology.
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ArticleEcuador's exporters slam state plan
Ecuadorian banana exporters’ association attacks government plans for creation of state banana export company
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ArticleEcuador to set up state banana exporter
Ecuador is to set up a national banana exporter as it looks to tackle alleged underhand tactics and “abuses” in the sector.
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ArticleChiquita in profit turnaround
Chiquita Brands International Inc has announced a swing in its fortune by reporting a profit in the third quarter, compared with a loss a year ago.