All Costa Rica articles – Page 9
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ArticleBanana value dips in static market
The banana market has its usual share of weather issues, and the looming threat of a deadly disease, but those two fears aside, the category is in good health
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ArticleFyffes ready to spend 'up to €60m'
Investec analyst says Dublin-based company is strongly placed to make substantial acqusitions in coming year
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ArticleDole's Costa Rican CSR efforts rewarded
Standard Fruit Company of Costa Rica receives the Social Responsibility in Action award
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ArticleFirm turns university link into banana supply
Martyn Fisher meets the directors of leading foodservice banana supplier JN Fox & Sons to hear about its pioneering sourcing plans
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ArticleFyffes invests US$45m in melon and banana business
Irish fresh produce company Fyffes has invested in its melon import business in the US and acquired additional banana farms in Costa Rica
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ArticleCR pineapples gain access to China
China and Costa Rica have signed protocols to allow imports of Costa Rican pineapples
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ArticleProductivity boost for banana growers
New scheme launched last year in Latin America and the Caribbean reports early success in reducing input costs
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ArticleRewe makes sustainability investment
Retailer investing around €1m towards sustainable banana production in Costa Rica and Panama
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ArticleMelon suppliers urged to unite
Central American countries would be stronger together than as competitors, says international consultant
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ArticleEl Niño set to intensify
Rest of 2015 will bring further heavy rains and flooding in Costa Rica and drought for other parts of Central America
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ArticleDole backing for PhD programmes
Company partners with NC State University, the NC Research Campus and the Costa Rican government and universities
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ArticleCosta Rica pineapple exports slide
Country's pineapple exports fell on a year-on-year basis through the opening five months of the year
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ArticleCR declares emergency in wake of floods
Widespread damage reported to pineapple and banana production along Caribbean coast
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ArticleCorbana, Acorbat join forces for banana event
The global banana industry will gather in Florida next April for the international conference
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ArticleLabour certification must go further
A new report into the conditions on certified and non-certified farms shows more must be done to protect the rights of workers
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ArticleCool Fresh heralds success of Little Libraries
Dutch importer's CSR model in South Africa is now being extended to other source countries, starting with Costa Rica
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ArticleCosta Rica organic exports climb
Recovery continues but shipments still way behind levels seen before the 2011 global financial crisis
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ArticleDel Monte achieves carbon milestone
Group's banana operations in Costa Rica have been awarded carbon neutrality certification by SCS
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ArticleCorbana hits back at deadly spider claims
Banana association maintains that species is not present in Costa Rica and would not have been able to survive journey
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ArticleUK family's shock as deadly spider 'found in bunch of bananas'
Mother and young daughter's horror as Costa Rican fruit bought from Tesco is believed to be housing Brazilian Wandering Spider