SOURCE: Mike Knowles, Fruitnet Cameroon’s biggest banana exporter, Compagnie Fruitière subsidiary Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP), saw its total revenue fall by almost a third in 2025, despite shipping broadly the same volume of bananas as it did in the previous year, according to a report published by Business inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Denis Chabrol, Demarara Waves Guyana has imposed a ban on Suriname-imported bananas citing the country’s sufficient quantities of the fruit to satisfy local demand, agriculture minister Zulfikar Mustapha said Wednesday. “I have heard that bananas are coming. I told them to stop all the importation of bananas because ourContinue Reading
SOURCE: Saeed Bashar, The New Arab Banana prices in Algeria have soared to record levels, reaching as much as 1,500 dinars (around $11.20) per kilogramme in some shops, as authorities step up inspections amid wider concerns over rising food prices and market manipulation. The price of the imported fruit hasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Nicola Davis, The Guardian It is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it has reached the table. But such woes could soon be a thing of the past, with gene-edited bananas that keep their freshly peeled colour now one step closer to reachingContinue Reading
