Fresh Del Monte Chairman and CEO Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh has been warning of a global shortage in banana production for some time — a shortage he says has been caused by shifting climate patterns and ...

Two decades ago, Ambika Prasad Adhikari, a local of Ratnanagar-13, started growing bananas on his 14 bighas of land with a Rs 700,000 loan. When he started, there was no demand for this fruit. But he ...

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a valuable step forward for banana breeding ...

This is the fungus responsible for Panama disease. Some of you may be familiar with this, but I'm guessing that this will be news for a lot of you. Panama disease is a threat to the continued ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 7, 2024) Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts in the Caribbean nation of ...

While many growers are looking towards new high-tech innovations to improve their farming methods, a banana grower from North Queensland has benefited from the simplicity of a traditional cableway ...