Banana news archive – Page 86
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ArticleDole backs bananas in new campaign
Group pushes banana as a natural source of energy in its summer-long 'Nature's Original Energy Bar' programme
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ArticlePhilippines invests in banana packing
The Philippine government is building two new banana packing plants to help grower-shippers meet international standards
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ArticleUS opens to Philippine bananas
With phytosanitary tests completed the Philippines’ embattled banana industry should soon send its first ever shipment to the US
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ArticleGermany lifts DR organic banana block
Dominican Republic-grown bananas that were prevented from entering the German market have now been granted access
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ArticleOlympic catering details revealed
An enormous catering effort is planned to serve millions of spectators and thousands of athletes at London 2012
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ArticleDutch praise for RPA
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has declared an international conference on fruit and vegetable marketing standards it held in Sussex earlier this month a success.
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ArticlePhilippines tightens banana standards
The Philippines is tightening up banana production and packing standards in response to export quarantine breaches
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ArticleMexico’s fresh focus on UK
Given its geographic closeness, it is little wonder most of Mexico’s fresh produce goes to the US, but the UK and Europe are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives. Steven Maxwell reports
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ArticlePhilippine banana growers seek government help
Philippine banana growers need government assistance to remain competitive in China, industry body says
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ArticleEU offers funds to ACP producers
As part of the deal that lowered duties on dollar bananas, ACP banana-producing nations are set to receive €190m from the EU
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Tomatoes in every shape and size
Retail descriptions to market fresh produce have always fascinated me, no more so than in the tomato sector where varieties,
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ArticleBananas return to port of Cork
Banana imports have returned to the Port of Cork in Ireland for the first time since the 1980s.
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ArticlePhilippines certifies banana packers
Philippine quarantine officials have certified 312 banana packhouses as meeting Chinese import requirements
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ArticleRefugees 'exploited' by banana industry
Despite its environment-friendly reputation as the world's largest exporter of organic bananas, the Dominican Republic's treatment of banana workers is being called into question.
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ArticleBananas better than energy drinks
Dole-funded research shows that bananas give cyclists a bigger nutritional boost than sports drinks
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ArticleDole wins international award
The Dale Foundation, the organisation behind fresh produce supplier Dole’s Ecuadorian and Peruvian-based aid programme, have won the Segundo Wong Award from the Ecuadorian Banana Exporters Association.
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ArticleEcuador eyes China's banana market
The potential of the Chinese market was highlighted at a recent banana industry conference in Ecuador
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ArticleFyffes recertifies to Carbon Trust
The banana giant has identified new areas to increase carbon efficiency as it renews its commitment to tackling climate change
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ArticleCocaine seized in fresh produce shipment
The Home Office has just revealed that some 65kg of cocaine were seized in a shipment of bananas and pineapples from Colombia.
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ArticleIndian bananas cross the border
Indian bananas fetch good prices in Pakistan following drop in domestic production