The Philippines may lose in the banana export war amid continued stiff competition in the global market, prompting the government to allocate some P263 million to save the local banana industry.Continue Reading
Banana export from Andhra Pradesh has seen a rapid growth over the last year. The state has registered growth of over 143% in 2019-2020 compared to the previous year (2018-2019).Continue Reading
Ecuador exported 230.32m boxes of bananas to July, an increase of 8.09 per cent than the same period of 2019. But the higher volume failed to compensate for the fall in global prices, according to exporter association Acorbanec.Continue Reading
A suspected case of a disease capable of wiping out banana crops has been detected on a farm in Far North Queensland.Continue Reading
New research suggests Australia’s Indigenous communities have cultivated bananas for at least 2,000 years. The findings challenge the once-predominant view that these early humans were exclusively hunter gatherers, says lead author Robert Williams, an archaeologist at Australian National University, in a statement.Continue Reading
A total of 173,062 tons of bananas worth USD 113.68 million were imported into Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 21).Continue Reading
Dole Food Company shared the company’s most recent update on its efforts to combat Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a plant disease that poses an existential threat to bananas, a major staple crop for much of the world.Continue Reading
There are signs that an increasing number of North Koreans are interested in the cultivation of bananas and other fruits and vegetables typically grown in tropical or subtropical climates.Continue Reading
SOURCE: New Strait Times What began as a banana clonal research has led to an opportunity for FGV Holdings Bhd to mass produce high-quality banana clone varieties. FGV is targeting to produce one million banana clones in 2021, a 100 per cent surge from the current production to cater toContinue Reading
The construction of a Sh117 million (USD 203k) modern banana market in Nyamache, Kisii county, has started.Continue Reading
Australian Banana Growers’ Council deputy chair Leon Collins told a Senate inquiry feral pigs were spreading Panama TR4, a devastating fungal disease with no treatment.Continue Reading
Cambodia has exported 147,760 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to the international market this year as of Wednesday, soaring a whopping 150 per cent over the same time last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said on Thursday.Continue Reading