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Latins emerge as top bananasBRITAIN'S shoppers are being urged to keep faith with fair-trade Caribbean banana growers as the European Union and Latin America prepare to declare a ceasefire in of the world's longest-running trade disputes. Banana prices in Europe... In this article: Banana, European Union, Europe, Caribbean, Windward Islands, Brussels, Sustainable development, Tax, and The World Trade Organisation |
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Independent.ie | 1 day ago
EU 'on verge' of settling banana dispute with Latin America
...in duties. The EU policy costs Ecuador alone $209m (EUR140m) a year, the Association of Ecuadorian Banana Exporters has said. This is because banana producers from Latin America must pay a duty of EUR176 a metric tonne on shipments to...
In this article: European Union, Latin America, WTO, Ecuador, US, Dole Food Co, Chiquita Brands International Inc, Caribbean, and Dublin
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Guardian Unlimited | 2 days ago
Fair trade fear if 'banana war' ends
Fears for fair trade farmers if 'banana war' ends • Tariffs could be lowered on Latin American imports • UK shoppers urged to keep buying Caribbean fruit Workers classify bananas for export at Bananera El Esfuerzo farm in Costa Rica...
In this article: Europe, Caribbean, The World Trade Organisation, EU, Geneva, Windward Islands, Brussels, and Sustainable development
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 2 days ago
EU within days of deal to cut banana tariffs
European Union negotiators are within days of a deal to cut tariffs on bananas imported from outside the African and Caribbean regions, notably from Latin America, the trade commissioner Baroness Ashton said. Published: 11:59AM GMT 18 Nov...
In this article: European Union, World Trade Organisation, Caribbean, Latin America, Giant Panda, Pacific, and Europe
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Reuters | 2 days ago
UPDATE 1-EU set to cut tariffs on Latin American bananas
* Deal would end special treatment for Africa and Caribbean * Lower tariffs for ex-colonies fuelled long-running row * Banana deal with Latin America could unblock trade talks Adds background, detail) European trade negotiators are...
In this article: World Trade Organisation, Latin America, European Union, Caribbean, Europe, Doha round, and Reuters
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EU hopes for deal on banana tariffs in next week
...Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton said on Wednesday she hoped to end a 16-year trade dispute and finalise a deal to lower tariffs on banana imports this week or early next week. "We are not there yet but we are now in the final stages...
In this article: EU, Pacific, Geneva, Africa, Caribbean, Stockholm, Russia, and Reuters
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EU close to deal with Latam on banana tariffs-source
European trade leaders are on the verge of agreeing to significant cuts in tariffs on bananas imported from outside the African and Caribbean region, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. "We are hopeful we can...
In this article: EU, Doha round, Latin America, Caribbean, and Reuters
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Times Online | 3 days ago
'Banana wars' deal may be signed this week
Navigation - link to other main sections from here 'Banana wars' deal may be signed this week The "banana wars", the longestrunning dispute in the history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is close to being settled. European and...
In this article: European Union, WTO, Caribbean, Sugar, Pacific, Africa, Ecuador, and Britain
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FT.com - World | 3 days ago
Deal near to end 'banana wars'
...17 2009 18:49 | Last updated: November 17 2009 18:49 European and Latin American trade officials are close to a deal over bananas that would end the longest-running dispute in the history of the World Trade Organisation and could lead...
In this article: European Union, Doha round, Pineapple, Sugar, Chiquita Brands, World Trade Organisation, and US
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New Kerala | 4 days ago
Banana farming gaining popularity in Punjab
...Singh, Manager of Agri-Business Development, Field Fresh Fruits. 'We feel that the quality of this banana should be good as presently the banana is coming from Jalgaon, Maharashtra and it is taking a long time in transportation, so...
In this article: Punjab, Punjab Agricultural University, Vikram Singh, and Ludhiana
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Adam and Eve and a banana Andrew Brown
...he prescribed mercury poultices and externally and a bottle of hock a day, internally). Linnaeus was the first man to get a banana tree to flower and fruit in Holland, where he was working for a rich and hypochondriac merchant, George...
In this article: Carl Linnaeus, Malaria, Scientific method, Mercury, Cough, Quinine, Typhus, Syphilis, and Sugar
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Banana is the common name for a type of fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit. They are native to the tropical region of Southeast Asia. Bananas are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. Today, they are cultivated throughout the tropics.
Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. They are cultivated primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent for the production of fibre and as ornamental plants. As the banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy they are often mistaken for trees, but their main or upright stem is actually a pseudostem (literally "fake stem"). For some species this pseudostem can reach a height of up to 2–8 m, with leaves of up to 3.5 m in length. Each pseudostem can produce a bunch of green bananas which when ripened often turn yellow or sometimes red. A variety was even recently discovered in a rainforest in Asia that turns purple. This then dies and is replaced by another pseudostem.
Bananas are grown in at least 107 countries. In popular culture and commerce, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" bananas. The bananas from a group of cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit are called plantains. Bananas may also be cut and dried and eaten as a type of chip. Dried bananas are also ground into banana flour.
Although the wild species have fruits with numerous large, hard seeds, virtually all culinary bananas have seedless fruits. Bananas are classified either as dessert bananas (meaning they are yellow and fully ripe when eaten) or as green cooking bananas. Almost all export bananas are of the dessert types; however, only about 10–15% of all production is for export, with the United States and European Union being the dominant buyers.
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