SOURCE: Reuters Farmers in Colombia, the world’s fifth-largest banana grower, are looking to boost shipments to the European Union this year on the lucrativeness of shipping to the region, an industry leader said on Thursday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The European Union pays a premium for Colombian bananas due to sustainabilityContinue Reading
SOURCE: Thi Ha, VNExpress Durian is no longer Vietnam’s top fruit export, having fallen below that of dragon fruit and banana in the first two months of 2025 due to strict import requirements. Dragon fruit and banana exports fetched US$93.8 million and $71.8 million during the period, according to customsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Moureen Awori, Gloriana Ndibalema, Rony Swennen, Michael Batte, Hugo Campos and Hapson Mushoriwa, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) In Uganda, approximately 75% of farmers cultivate ‘Matooke’ and other banana varieties, covering an estimated 38% of the total cultivated land. However, production has declined over the past three decades,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Francisco Velasquez, Quartz Just when consumers were expecting some relief on egg prices, bananas might be the next victim. The U.S. fresh fruit market is bracing for a price surge as proposed port fees threaten to disrupt the banana supply chain – putting shoppers in the crosshairs of yetContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dora Christodoulou, In-Cyprus Banana cultivation in Cyprus has reached a critical point that threatens its continued existence, according to growers from Pegeia and Kissonerga, the only regions on the island producing the fruit. The drought of recent years had already placed pressure on farmers to continue their operations, butContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jordan Joseph, Earth.com Many of us enjoy a banana without a second thought, but new research suggests that rising global temperatures could make this simple pleasure harder to come by. Researchers have determined that large parts of Latin America and the Caribbean could be unable to sustain banana productionContinue Reading
World Banana Forum (WBF), which is hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization organized a webinar on ‘Fusarium Wilt TR4 in Asia: Lessons Learned and Current Innovations’ on 15 January 2025. The webinar was open to all participants from governments, research institutions, universities, the private sector and other stakeholders involvedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Joe Hinchliffe, The Guardian Australians can expect banana shortages and price hikes as the cleanup begins in flood-ravaged north Queensland, which grows almost 94% of Australia’s banana crop, growers say. But the good news, for consumers at least, is that any banana dramas playing out on supermarket shelves overContinue Reading
SOURCE: Andy Thomas-Stivalet, Freshplaza Banana growers and shippers are paying close attention to the potential 25 percent tariffs president Donald Trump is threatening to impose on goods from both Mexico and Canada. “We’re a producer in Mexico and we do have third-party fruit that we source from Guatemala,” says AndyContinue Reading
By Maya Averbuch, Michael Hirtzer, and Leslie Patton, Bloomberg Americans’ love of guacamole is about to be put to the test. Mexico supplies upwards of 90% of the avocados Americans eat, and President Donald Trump is likely to make them more expensive with his plan to slap 25% tariffs onContinue Reading
SOURCE: My Sinchew Pineapples grown in Malaysia are now available in France and New Zealand! Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali, chairman of Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board, said the board made encouraging progress last year, increasing the export of pineapples from 800 to 1,778 containers. “The two-fold increase in terms of containersContinue Reading
SOURCE: Proceso Digital TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Maynor Velásquez, manager of the Association of Banana Producers of Honduras, stated on Tuesday that the area devoted to banana production has decreased considerably and has been affected by consecutive floods. Currently, the harvest varies between 2,500 and 2,800 boxes per hectare. This situation hasContinue Reading