India preparing a major banana export programme According to press reports, ‘an ambitious plan has been drawn up by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to export Indian-grown bananas glo... 01/03/2013
Trends in the UK and European banana markets In December 2012 it was suggested in an article on Freshplaza.com that supermarkets are having a growing influence on banana sales, as they increas... 11/02/2013
Executive Brief Update 2012: Caribbean: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller b... 05/11/2012
Executive Brief, Update 2012: Banana sector About this update This brief was updated in August 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller br... 29/10/2012
Fair trade shows resilience in face of economic downturn Despite the global economic downturn, the turnover of fair-trade products increased by 12% in 2011. This was attributed to ‘ethical sourcing commit... 22/09/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Product differentiation About this updateThis brief was updated in July 2012 to reflect developments since the publication of the first brief on Product differentiation in... 31/07/2012
Central American and Andean Pact association agreements signed At the end of June 2012 the EU and Central American governments formally signed the Comprehensive Association Agreement, the text of which had alre... 12/08/2012
Sustainability concerns go mainstream in Dutch fruit and vegetable sector In June 2012, ‘all major supermarkets, trading companies and NGOs in the Netherlands’ signed a covenant, committing themselves to ensuring that ‘al... 29/07/2012
EU reviews banana trade amid ACP concerns over preference erosion At the end of May 2012, in the lead-up to the ACP–EU Ministerial consultation on bananas held in Vanuatu in June 2012, the EC posted statistics on... 09/07/2012
Uganda banana processing initiative to seek international markets In April 2012, press reports in Uganda indicated that under the Presidential Initiative for Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) matooke, Uganda’s... 02/07/2012