Ecuador banana industry not affected by earthquake, heavy rain slows production
The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador and parts of the North of Peru, this past weekend (Saturday, 18 March 2023) did not affect banana production, producers and exports say. Instead,

It’s time for dragon fruit to transition to mainstream
This season, dragon fruit production out of Ecuador is very strong with February and March being the peak months. While the fruit is gaining popularity, consumption is not big enough to utilize

Online platform to aid cost effective table grape yield prediction months in advance
Table grape yield prediction can now be done months in advance, more cheaply, with less samples and labour input than has been the case for centuries. This is thanks to the online and mobile

Ecuador establishes a new deadline for the installation of scanners in ports to check the export cargo
According to the Ecuadorian police, 14.7 tons of drugs were seized in four ports in the first two months of 2023, most of them destined for Europe. Almost half of the 31 tons of drugs that have

Rise in shipments of Ecuador banana
Ecuador’s banana exports rose by almost 8% year-on-year in January to 35.01 million boxes. According to AEBE data, the main markets were the European Union (30.16%), Russia (24.27%) and the

Fyffes: All farms in Latin America participate in gender equality programmes
Fyffes says it is well on its way to achieving its gender equality target of 100% of Fyffes employees at Latin American sites by 2025 and 50% of suppliers benefiting from gender equality

Ecuador faced with longest La Niña phenomenon in 120 years
The 2020-2023 La Niña phenomenon has been the longest in the last 66 years, with a duration of 34 months. If it continues into April, as expected, it will be the longest in the last 120 years. La

Fyffes farms implement gender equality programmes
Fyffes' twenty-two farms in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Ecuador have begun implementing HERessentials, an online gender equality programme developed by Business for Social

100% of Fyffes Latin American farms enrolled in gender equality programs
Fyffes is well on its way to achieving its gender equality target of 100% of Fyffes employees in Latin American sites benefitting from gender equality programs by 2025 and 50% of suppliers by

Later rainy season boosts plantain supply

Ecuadorian police intercept cocaine worth $330 mln in banana shipment
Police in Ecuador have found almost 8.8 tons of cocaine in a shipment of bananas bound for Belgium. According to police commander Fausto Salinas, the drugs would have been worth an estimated $330

Ecuadorean banana exports to the Middle East increase
According to data from the Statistical Observatory of Bananas (OEB), the main Middle Eastern destinations for the country's bananas between January and December 2022 were Turkey with a 33.38%