All Ghana articles
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ArticleCameroon banana business calls for bailouts
“Unfair competition” is hitting growers in West Africa hard, it has been reported
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Fruit Brothers aims for Europe
The company’s mangoes, produced in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, appear set for the European market, as the company looks beyond its traditional markets
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Fairtrade partnership meets local challenges
Fairtrade and Grow Ahead have teamed up to deliver mitigation solutions to smallholder farms on the frontline of the climate crisis
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Afruibana calls for fair prices
In the face of rising global costs, the African banana producers association has urged retailers to help build a fair, sustainable supply chain
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Fairtrade Base Wage for bananas
The Fairtrade Base Wage came into effect on 1 July, boosting wages by up to 15 per cent for thousands of workers on banana plantations
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Reggie Yates partners with Blue Skies
Award-winning broadcaster joins forces with ethical fruit supplier to help support communities in Ghana
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Compagnie Fruitiere opens London facility
In the UK, Compagnie Fruitiere is boosting efficiency with its new banana ripening centre at London Gateway, while in France the company is diversifying
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Challenge for Ghanaian pines
YO Amankwah & Sons sees climate change as a major threat to pineapple production in Ghana, with rains falling short
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Govt refuses calls to pay back Ghana banana tariffs
Despite pressure there are no plans to reimburse suppliers for unsustainable post-Brexit tariffs of £95 per tonne on Ghanaian bananas
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Brexit threatens Ghana bananas
Banana Link urges UK government to negotiate tariff-free deal with Ghana to avoid banana shortages and protect jobs in West African nation
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Compagnie Fruitière shows commitment
Covid-19 has failed to distract France’s Compagnie Fruitière from its goal of boosting organic production and shifting to an agroecological approach, says CSR manager Paul Bouzon
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Partnerships extend the season
Thanks to new partnerships, Ghana’s Fruit Brothers is set to start exporting pineapples and mangoes out of Côte d’Ivoire, increasing the supply window
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Partnerships extend season
Ghana’s YO Amankwah & Sons has forged a partnership with farmers in Côte d’Ivoire to enlarge the window for its pineapple and mango exports
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ACP call for fresh commitments
Banana producers from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries last week launched the Appeal of Abidjan to defend their interests on the European market
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Blue Skies marks ‘10 years transforming lives’
Fresh-cut fruit supplier’s foundation has now implemented over 100 projects in Africa, spanning education, sanitation, health and wellbeing
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Fairtrade aims for new labour approach
Meetings in Ghana aim to find ways to improve jobs and support a viable, sustainable banana sector in the country
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Analysis
Bananas: has a 'race to the top' begun?
Alistair Smith of Bananalink charts recent changes in the banana market and considers some promising new signs for producers
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Big doubts over UK's no-deal banana duty
Lack of continuity agreements with Latin American countries could leave banana importers facing significant tariff hike
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Empowering women in farming in Ghana
Case study: How one farming student on the Marshal Papworth course has helped improve lives back home in Ghana
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Europe focus for Fruit Brothers
Serbia is one of the European markets that Ghana's Fruit Brothers is exploring as it seeks to build up its business in Europe for pineapples and mangoes
