Banana news archive – Page 87
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ArticleDole joins in Madagascar 3 promotions
Dole to use stickers featuring characters from new Dreamworks film, Madagascar 3
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ArticlePhilippines invests in fruit packing facilities
Philippines to improve packing facilities as China tightens up import regulations
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ArticleFyffes: Branding bananas
The Fyffes name has appeared on bananas for decades, and is credited with setting a new benchmark in produce branding. Chloe Ryan reports
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ArticleProduce fit for a Queen
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, FPJ shines a spotlight on some of the businesses that have helped make the trade what it is today. By way of introduction, David Shapley looks back at how the industry has changed since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne
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ArticlePhilippine bananas take step closer to US
An environmental assessment has been published by the US Department of Agriculture and is awaiting public comments
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ArticleChina-Philippines in banana-pest spat
Philippine quarantine inspectors have found no pests in bananas shipped to China, despite Chinese claims to the contrary
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ArticleFresh cash for Dominican banana sector
Dominican Republic's banana industry receives boost in the shape of €47m-worth of funding
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ArticleFresh cash for banana sector
The EU and Inter-American Development Bank have set up a fund of $60 million to boost the competitiveness of the banana sector in the Dominican Republic.
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ArticleGovernment tells industry to diversify amidst standoff
Philippine government shows little support for banana industry amidst standoff with China over disputed islands
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ArticlePhilippine banana trade with China in doubt
Reports of Philippine bananas rotting at Chinese ports as trade dispute between the two countries escalates
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ArticleCameroon gets EU banana backing
State Radio reports that the European Union is to hand the country's banana sector a €48m funding boost
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ArticleJamaica granted EU banana cash
Jamaica’s banana industry is to benefit from a €180,000 grant under the EU Banana Support Programme (EUBSP), which will be used to effect institutional strengthening within the sector.
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ArticleDole eyes Malaysian investment
Officials in the Malaysian state of Sabah are welcoming plans to develop a huge farming operation there
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New banana import rules to be phased in
New regulations for banana importers come into force on 1 August.
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ArticleFears for Philippine banana exports to China
Filipino banana industry concerned territorial dispute could jeopardise exports into China
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ArticleBanacol branches out to indigenous families
The number of families helped by Colombian banana company housing project has risen to 84.
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ArticleDole Europe launches Dole Earth site
The banana giant is aiming to increase the transparency of the banana production process with the creation of its new website
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ArticleCurrency and climate key for Colombia
While security issues have been partially overcome in the last decade, the Colombian banana export industry remains at the mercy of trade and climate change, especially its small producers
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ArticleKent seedless grape trial targets 2016 crop
Seedless grapes grown in Kent could be available on supermarket shelves in 2016 if an experimental project to grow the crop proves a success.
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Dominican bananas under threat
Press reports in the Dominican Republic have indicated that heavy rainfall over the past three weeks is causing the spread of black sigatoka disease in the banana crop.