Increased use of refrigerated containers opens alternate supply opportunities for banana exporters An article published on the Maersk shipping line’s website has described the change under way in the transportation of bananas resulting from the i... 02/07/2012
Divergent trends in US and EU banana markets amid evolving supply chains Documentation prepared for the second conference of the World Banana Forum, held in February 2012, revealed radically different developments in the... 24/06/2012
Reorientation of Jamaican banana sector underway Jamaica is looking to introduce banana varieties that are more resistant to Black Sigatoka disease, with efforts to combat the disease in Jamaica r... 28/05/2012
Government support effective in expanding Dominican Republic banana sector Press reports note that since 2004, banana production in the Dominican Republic has increased from 19 million bunches to nearly 34 million in 2011,... 23/04/2012
MEPs review safeguards on Latin American bananas According to a report on ABC News, several MEPs, including Bernd Lange, the rapporteur of the EP’s International Trade Committee report on the Lati... 15/04/2012
Review of the impact of fair-trade bananas The UK-based Institute of Development Studies has published a research report on the effectiveness of fair-trade-certified bananas in improving pro... 25/03/2012
Conclusion of EPA process seen as key to African banana exports George Kporye, President of the newly formed African Pineapples and Bananas Association (APIBANA), ‘has urged [the Ghanaian] government to sign the... 03/03/2012 | 1 comments
Decision time approaching for Ghana on the initialled bilateral interim EPA According to press reports, the government of Ghana is expected to inform its ECOWAS partners of its decision to go ahead with signing, ratifying a... 27/12/2011
Progress in diverse EPA negotiations As widely reported in the press, technical consultations between EU and EAC negotiators in Zanzibar in September 2011 resulted in the agreement of... 28/11/2011
Executive Brief Update 2011: Banana sector About this updateThis brief was updated in July 2011. The original executive brief was published in January 2009 and is available on request from a... 31/10/2011