Sentences with phrase «banana industry»

In reality, the global banana industry could be wiped out in just five to 10 years by fast - advancing fungal diseases.

If TR4 makes it to Latin America and the Caribbean region, the export banana industry in that part of the world could be in big trouble.

Evolving fungal diseases are threatening the global banana industry, and a total «bananageddon» could wipe out the fruit within a decade.

Consequently, while almost every other crop used for food production has been significantly improved through plant breeding over the last century, the banana industry has yet to benefit from genetics and plant breeding.

Big Mike was so popular with consumers in the West that the banana industry established ever larger monocultures of this variety.

Fungal diseases severely devastated the banana industry once in history and it could soon happen again if we do not resolve the cause of these problems.

Dianne West, an organic banana grower on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, said the history of the Gros Michel was unsurprising, given the monoculture of the banana industry.

With your help, we are getting closer to realising our goal; a banana Industry that is 100 % free from plastic burning and dumping.

The banana industry was once infamous for clear - cutting rainforests, polluting waterways and using dangerous agrochemicals that workers carried on their backs.

Added brief background to the rise of the banana industry in the Americas.

Once notorious for worker and environmental abuses, the banana industry has changed its ways, thanks in large part to the Rainforest Alliance's pioneering work in Central America.

Disease management strategies and the survival of the banana industry.

The ministry was also charged with the development of coffee, Shea nuts, copra and banana industry.

Though these may be of lower quality and can take longer to mature, «Our banana industry is still growing,» Molina says.

So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

I my process of potentially being the banana industry's number one buyer I found that the best way to make your nice cream creamy and consistent is by first pushing the frozen fruit through the grater setting on your food processor, and then mixing it with the blender once they are grated.

Stann Creek includes the port of Big Creek (the main port of Belize's banana industry), the peninsula and village of Placencia, the villages of Independence and Mango Creek and Mullins River, and the Garifuna village of Hopkins on the Sittee River.

Hazyview is a small farming town in Mpumalanga and is renowned for its banana industry.

Monkey River was born with the banana industry and at that time in the 1800's, the population was about 2500 people.

And get those carbon miles out of there and stop supporting the banana industry in Central America.