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...

Banana production project in Angola with US company Chiquita suspended by Escom

Sep 24, 2009 - Macau Hub

Escom, a subsidiary of Portugal's Espirito Santo Group (GES), has announced the temporary suspension of the banana production project in Angola that it had in partnership with US multinational Chiquita Brands International. ... read more...

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...