All Costa Rica articles – Page 17
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ArticleCosta Rica to go carbon neutral
The Costa Rican banana industry is intending to go carbon neutral as part of a national joint effort to make the small Central American nation the first to offset all its carbon dioxide emissions by 2021.
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ArticleCargofresh system proves a hit
The Danish controlled atmosphere specialist has successfully tested a new system on bananas
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ArticleCosta Rican bananas to go carbon neutral
Corbana underlines industry's commitment to helping the country achieve its aim of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2021
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ArticleFresh Del Monte acquires Caribana
Leading US-based fresh produce company announces US$403m deal to extend operations in Costa Rica
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ArticleClimate challenges for Costa Rica
The Costa Rican banana industry is getting serious about combating climate change following yet another very dry summer. Contrary weather has brought an increasing amount of damaging pests to the Central American country’s banana-producing regions, so exporters’ association Corbana - the National Banana Corporation - is making it its mission to solve the problem, while maintaining the high-quality standards the UK and European markets have come to expect. Elizabeth O'Keefe
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ArticleCosta Rica expects fall in banana exports
Recovery from cold weather set to take time as export volumes slip to around 100m boxes
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Costa Rican pineapple sector booming
Costa Rican pineapple exports were worth $470 million (£238m) to the country’s economy in 2007, according to the Foreign Trade Promotion Office.
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Costa Rican industry gets a boost
Agricultural exports from Costa Rica rose by 11.7 per cent in the first two months of this year, according to Costa Rican agency Procomer.
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Costa Rican slip in banana exports
Costa Rican banana exports declined during the first semester of the year, Corbana reports.
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Costa Rica rains continue
Intermittent rainfall has continued in coastal Costa Rica following last week's floods as the country counts the cost to export crops.
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Costa Rica counts flood costs
Banana production areas on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica have suffered following heavy rainfall and flooding on Sunday and Monday this week.
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ArticleBananas in the firing line as delegation visits Costa Rica
A delegation from Britain and Ireland leaves for Costa Rica on Wednesday (March 24) to visit banana plantations where owners, faced with declining revenues, are reported to have slashed wages by up to 40 per cent and axed 11,000 jobs in the last three years.
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Cafta offers Costa Rica opportunities
The Central American Free Trade Agreement signed between the US and countries in Central America offers Costa Rican exporters much in their largest market, but they will not take their eye off the ball when it comes to European sendings, an industry leader says.
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Costa Rican melon catastrophe
The bulk of the Costa Rican honeydew melon crop has been wiped out by disease.
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Costa Rica decision backfires
An announcement earlier this month by Costa Rica that it is fixing a minimum sale price for it bananas might lead buyers to look elsewhere.
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Costa Rica sets its price
The government in Costa Rica has agreed a minimum price for export bananas.
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Costa Rica seeks alternatives
Costa Rica is hoping that industrial expansion and the arrival of high-tech companies will reduce its dependence on bananas for export revenue.
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Costa Rica sees banana exports tumble
Inclement weather earlier in the year is still having an impact on sendings of bananas from Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica fears banana price crash
Independent banana growers in Costa Rica worry that low prices being paid for their fruit will fall still further by the end of the year.
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Tough times ahead for Costa Rica
The banana sector in Costa Rica is facing an oversupply situation and increasing costs