Philippines: Clustering of local growers boosts banana industry

Dec 3, 2009 - Manilla Bulletin

By clustering banana farmers here in the region, marketing strategies of local growers will likely be strengthened to be in the same league with corporate banana companies, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) XI said. With this vision, the regional trade and industry body is currently implementing ... read more...

China is now a`surplus banana' republic

Dec 4, 2009 - Commodities Online

Bananas are flooding Chinese markets thanks to several provinces producing huge quantities at the same time and wholesale prices have tanked, according to Frbiz.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms. Now is the banana harvest time, however, as one of the main producing areas, Guangxi province has suffered a rare banana overstock situation. As the main product ... read more...