India: Pune emerges major hub for banana exports

Aug 22, 2009 - The Economic Times

Maharashtra, the country’s top banana producer, has begun exports of the fruit from an export facility at Indapur, 140 km southeastof Pune. The Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) has established three banana export facility centres at ... read more...

UK: Biggest-ever delivery of bananas to port

Aug 25, 2009 - Porthsmount Today

August saw the biggest delivery ever of Britain's favourite fruit to Portsmouth Port. Council-owned shipping company MMD received the biggest shipment of bananas yet to come through the city in a single week, amounting to around 15,000 pallets. ... read more...

Guam: UOG & GDA To Make Banana Plants Available to Local Farmers

26 Aug, 2009 - Pacific News Center

Guam Department of Agriculture and the University of Guam are partnering to make clean planting stock available to farmers for local banana production. ... read more...

Banana diseases threaten crops in sub-Saharan Africa, UN says

27 Aug, 2009 - Bloomberg

The spread of two diseases affecting banana crops is threatening food security in sub-Saharan Africa, according to plant health scientists meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. ... read more...

Jamaica: Small Banana Farmers to Benefit under New Policy

July 22, 2009 - Jamaica Information Service

The Government is putting the final touches on a new banana policy, which will enable small farmers to secure a greater share of the local market. ... read more...

Poor banana producers need targeted aid -trade study

July 29, 2009 - Forbes

Aid to help banana producers in poor countries improve yields and efficiency could benefit them more than improved access to export markets, according to a new study of trade in the fruit. ... read more...

Philippines: RP gets provisional approval to export fresh bananas to US mainland

Aug 8, 2009 - Business World Online

Washington D.C. has given Manila preliminary approval to export fresh banana pending measures for Manila to address the quarantine of banana pests, the Philippines’ Agriculture department said in a press release on Friday ... read more...

Mozambican bananas to be shipped from Nacala port

Aug 11, 2009 - MacauHub

Some 50 containers of bananas will be exported weekly from the northern port of Nacala from December, says the CEO of the Northern Development Corridor (CDN), Fernando Couto. Cited by daily newspaper Noticias, Couto said the drive to export bananas is the result of a project that has seen more than 1.5 million banana trees ... read more...

Philippines: Banana exports seen growing by 15% in 2009

Aug 11, 2009 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

BANANA EXPORTS WILL LIKELY grow by 15 percent to $828 million this year given the sustained market acceptance overseas, according to the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA). PBGEA spokesperson Anthony B. Sasin said the 15-percent growth would bring the volume of banana exports this year to about 2.2 million metric tons (MT) or 170 million boxes. ... read more...

Philippines: Selling bananas to the US

Aug 1, 2009 - Manilla Bulletin

The Philippine government is looking forward to selling more bananas to the United States soon and augment its export paycheck by $6 million a year. ... read more...

South America: Poor banana producers need targeted aid -trade study

July 29, 2009 - Forbes

Aid to help banana producers in poor countries improve yields and efficiency could benefit them more than improved access to export markets, according to a new study of trade in the fruit. ... read more...