Banana news archive – Page 79
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ArticlePositive financial results for Fresh Del Monte
Fresh Del Monte has announced its results for the second quarter of year, with year-on-year earnings climbing as a result of 'momentum created by the group's strategic initiatives'.
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ArticleSaving horticulture
Last week the NFU unveiled a report that painted a bleak picture for the future of UK horticulture if the retail supply chain doesn’t change. Michael Barker reports on an industry facing up to an impending crisis
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ArticleBetter balance for bananas
Traditionally the bloodiest battleground for supermarket price wars, the banana category has seen an uplift in retail prices in the past week
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ArticleEcuador declares banana emergency
The Ecuadorian minister of agriculture, Javier Ponce Cevallos, has declared state of emergency for the banana sector in the country.
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ArticleNew emergency for Ecuador bananas
Falling exports have prompted government to pledge financial assistance and creation of banana export company
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ArticleScientists make banana genome discovery
Ground-breaking findings from scientists at French research centre Cirad spell good news for the increasingly pest-plagued fruit
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ArticleColombian association defends banana sector
The Colombian banana trade association, Augura, has spoken out to defend the sector.
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ArticleColombia banana trade defended
Latin American country's banana industry association Augura defends business following allegations of payments to paramilitary
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ArticlePhilippine bananas look beyond China
Embattled Philippines banana industry hopeful it could sell excess supply into European and Middle Eastern markets
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Philippines struggles to find profitable markets
The Philippines is struggling to find profitable new banana markets following its export problems to China
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ArticleHigh standards for Portsmouth stevedore
Fresh produce handler MMD (Shipping Services) has achieved the renowned OHSAS 18001 international health and safety standard.
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ArticlePhilippines banana magnate dies
Pioneer of the Philippine banana industry and Anflo Group chairman Don Antonio Floirendo has died
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ArticleDole backs bananas in new campaign
Group pushes banana as a natural source of energy in its summer-long 'Nature's Original Energy Bar' programme
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ArticlePhilippines invests in banana packing
The Philippine government is building two new banana packing plants to help grower-shippers meet international standards
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ArticleOlympic catering details revealed
An enormous catering effort is planned to serve millions of spectators and thousands of athletes at London 2012
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ArticleUS opens to Philippine bananas
With phytosanitary tests completed the Philippines’ embattled banana industry should soon send its first ever shipment to the US
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ArticleGermany lifts DR organic banana block
Dominican Republic-grown bananas that were prevented from entering the German market have now been granted access
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ArticleDutch praise for RPA
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has declared an international conference on fruit and vegetable marketing standards it held in Sussex earlier this month a success.
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ArticlePhilippines tightens banana standards
The Philippines is tightening up banana production and packing standards in response to export quarantine breaches
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ArticleMexico’s fresh focus on UK
Given its geographic closeness, it is little wonder most of Mexico’s fresh produce goes to the US, but the UK and Europe are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives. Steven Maxwell reports