INDIA: In Karnataka, a silent revolution with bananas
2021-07-18
Farming communities in Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka are demonstrating that much more than banana bread — the flavor of the first year of lockdown — can be made with the fruit.
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ECUADOR: Despite record exports, banana prices continue to rise on robust demand
2021-07-16
SOURCE: Global Trade/Indexbox The demand for bananas remained robust amidst the pandemic. Despite record exports from Ecuador, which remains the world’s largest banana supplier, prices in the largest import markets are rising due to strong demand and local COVID-related imbalances in supply chains. Driven by the growing population, the globalContinue Reading
INFO: Fairtrade leads way to living wages for banana workers
2021-07-16
SOURCE: Fairtrade The Fairtrade Base Wage for banana plantations comes into effect on 1 July 2021, meaning wage increases of up to 15 percent for banana workers and a significant step towards creating a living wage for thousands of banana plantation workers worldwide. The Fairtrade Base Wage is set atContinue Reading
Malaysia National Banana Congress to be held on September
2021-07-15
The Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), University of Malaya, is delighted to announce that the Malaysia National Banana Congress 2021 (MNBC2021) will be held on 7-8 September 2021. Continue Reading
BANGLADESH: Farmers eying bumper banana production in Rangpur region
2021-07-09
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune Braving the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers are eying a bumper production of banana this year in Rangpur agriculture region where cultivation of the crop is continuously increasing. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials said farmers have cultivated bananas on 4,209 hectares of land, including on 2,559 hectares duringContinue Reading
PHILIPPINES: Country stays as 2nd top banana exporter in 2020
2021-07-09
SOURCE: Jasper Y. Arcalas, Business Mirror Despite a 14.38-percent contraction in total volume, the Philippines remained as the world’s second top exporter of bananas for the third consecutive year as it shipped 3.725 million metric tons (MMT) of the prized yellow fruit last year. Trade map data of multilateral InternationalContinue Reading
Isodotf 2021 first announcement released
2021-07-08
The 2nd International Symposium On Durian And Other Tropical Fruits (Isodotf 2021) is now accepting abstracts.Continue Reading
CAMBODIA: Can farmers reap the benefit of China trade deal?
2021-07-07
SOURCE: Shaun Turton, Nikkei Asia In early June, nine women in red gowns held platters of mangoes as Cambodian and Chinese dignitaries cut a red ribbon strung between the piles of tropical fruit. Concluded with the release of balloons, the ceremony at a wholesale market in Hebei Province marked theContinue Reading
ISTF2021 welcomes new co-organizers
2021-07-05
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), is proud to announce our new co-organizers for the 2021 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF2021) to be held on 28-30 September 2021 via Zoom. Our co-organizers and partners are research institutes, international organizations, networks, and publishers that work on tropical fruits. Co-organizers MARDIContinue Reading