ACP Ministers call for accelerated and expanded banana assistance programmes At the 98th session of the ACP Council of Ministers in December 2013, ACP ministers expressed concern at “the continued proliferation of trade agre... 12/01/2014
Unsustainable UK banana pricing policies begin to spread Banana Link has warned that the UK retail chain practice of sustained low pricing of bananas may be spreading to other European markets. A number o... 21/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Banana sector 1. Background and key issuesThere are over 1,000 varieties of bananas being produced, which f... 15/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013 – Central Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments 1. Background and key issuesThe countries of Central Africa – Cameroon, the Central African R... 01/12/2013
Public consultation of the future of the EU’s organic farming regime completed The results of a public consultation on the future of organic farming in the EU were published by the European Commission in September 2013, with o... 16/11/2013
Russian and Ukrainian demand support banana prices but hold little long-term hope The website Fruit-inform has reported a state of stagnation in global demand for bananas, with high demand levels in Russia and Ukraine being the o... 05/08/2013
Report highlights expansion of organic production for local markets in the EAC The International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) has posted a review of a series of short case studies on the impact of the a... 13/06/2013
Fairtrade launches strategy to expand sales to £2 billion In March 2013, the UK Fairtrade Foundation launched a 3-year strategy to increase sales of Fairtrade-certified goods in the UK to a value of “beyon... 26/05/2013
Continued expansion in fair-trade sales despite economic downturn Reports from Fairtrade International suggest that “sales of Fairtrade products continue to grow around the world”. The value of sales increased by... 28/04/2013
Report on improving functioning of food supply chain released On 5 December 2012, the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain delivered its report, after 2 years of deliberations. The EC pr... 11/03/2013