Where before, it was the Oriental side that bore the brunt of super typhoons. Now the roll of the dice points at Negros Occidental. Or maybe a weather version of the Russian roulette. Five unloaded chambers and one loaded. After being spared lately from the ravages of supertyphoons, the oneContinue Reading
The celebrated 1930s central market in São Paulo is a huge grid of food stalls where locals to Brazil’s largest city come daily to shop and eat. Sellers in the fruit section seduce you with juicy slivers of fragrant guavas, papayas and Brazilian citrus fruits, and juice bars offer exoticContinue Reading
While the debate rages on about the pros and cons of genetically modified crops, a Hawai`i research facility is working on developing a ringspot virus-resistant papaya – the “old-fashioned” way. The Oahu-based Hawaii Agriculture Research Center has received a federal grant to assist in cross-breeding a hybrid that would beContinue Reading
Produce exports to Australia and New Zealand are sluggish but show signs of gradually improving. This is the comment from Michael Brown, the CEO of the produce farmers’ co-operative, Nature’s Way Co-operative. “For example, some of our biggest papaya producers were badly hit by the floods in 2012Continue Reading
First launched in Brisbane’s Post Office Square in June, more Smart Banana vending machines have since been placed at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Roma Street Transit Centre. MacKays Produce Solutions marketing spokesman Mike Evans said he had helped design the concept alongside North Queensland (Tully) banana farmers DanielContinue Reading
A researcher at the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock (INIFAP) Mirafuentes Felipe Hernandez, adding that the new hybrid is already assessed in Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco and Michoacán. He explained that to create a new genotivo seven selfings required from parents to achieve homogenization “and once so, itContinue Reading
Peruvian exports of fruit totaled US$ 702 million between January and August 2013, a 15.2 percent increase over the same period last year, according to Exporters Association (Adex). According to figures from Business Intelligence System Adex Data Trade, the amount recorded was due to a rise in demand from the NetherlandsContinue Reading
Paul Gonzalez, a banana leader, deems it necessary that the price of bananas increases, after taking into account several factors, mainly about production. Gonzalez said that he had met with other banana leaders several days ago and that they had discussed various points to ask for an increase inContinue Reading
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization finalized an agreement Friday to collaborate with the world’s largest body of small food producers, La Via Campesina. “The agreement marks a milestone in the relationship between FAO and civil society organizations, as La Via Campesina is the movement that brings together theContinue Reading
A European study analyzes the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of mortality. As previous research has already suggested, this study concludes that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality, and especially cardiovascular disease mortality. The benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption are not a new discovery.Continue Reading
The Port makes its mark drawing thousands to its community wide Banana Festival, A Celebration of a Diverse Working Port on September 28th. Port President, Commissioner Jason Hodge noted, “We are most pleased so many people came to the Port to celebrate our community’s gateway to the world. WeContinue Reading
Source: Business World Online Small banana farmers will earn more if they shift from aerial to manual or ground spraying, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS). The unpublished study, “Financial Assessment of Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spray in Banana Plantations inContinue Reading
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