SOURCE: The Nation The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), through the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), has arrested a Vietnamese national known as Van, or “Bird,” for illegally importing over 16 tonnes of avocados into Thailand. According to a statement released by the CIB on Wednesday, the produce had not undergoneContinue Reading
SOURCE: Onz Chéry, Haitian Times Djimy Saintil will never forget the night he cried over his ruined papaya plantation in Caracol, a village about 20 miles southeast of Cap-Haïtien. It was a day in May two years ago, a day when the agronomist should have been harvesting the plump yellowy-orangeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Charles Pensulo, Al Jazeera Since he was young, Enock Dayton has made a living from bananas. The 30-year-old was born and raised in Molele, in the southern Malawian district of Thyolo, which was at the heart of local banana production until a plant virus devastated crops more than aContinue Reading
SOURCE: Newsroom Panama Panamanian company Panafruit SA, located in San Juan del Tejar, Chiriquí, maintains a growth projection for its papaya exports to the United States and Aruba this year, according to the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA). So far in 2025, the company has exported 44 containers to theContinue Reading
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