Philippines: Banana yields dropping

Business World, 17 Mar 2010 - "Aside from water conservation and installation of irrigation system, we are just praying for divine intervention," Stephen A. Antig, president of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association, said in an interview here yesterday. He said his own company even encouraged daily rosaries among workers as the industry is already at the end of its ropes to lessen the impact of the dry spell.

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EU Adopts Support Package for Banana Exporters from African, Caribbean and Pacific States

FlexNews, 17 March 2010 - Today, the Commission adopted a Euro 190 million support package for banana exporters from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. This proposal was part of the historic Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas.

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