Banana Farming News
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Salher has commissioned its latest project to treat water generated by an agri-food industry in Guatemala
On this occasion, Salher has developed all the phases of the project, from the engineering, the design of the water line and the manufacture and supply of the equipment that make it up, to its commissioning. The main conditioning factor prior to the design of this plant was that the client required the optimisation of an existing civil work at the facility, which meant a space limitation and, for ...
By Salher
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Salher has commissioned its latest project to treat water generated by an agri-food industry in Guatemala
On this occasion, Salher has developed all the phases of the project, from the engineering, the design of the water line and the manufacture and supply of the equipment that make it up, to its commissioning. The main conditioning factor prior to the design of this plant was that the client required the optimisation of an existing civil work at the facility, which meant a space limitation and, for ...
By Salher
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Lifeasible Helps Digg into Plant Immunity Knowledge for Botany Research
Lifeasible, an experienced biotechnology company focused on all aspects of Plant Immunity Services, now supports its customers' research with services that cover plant adversity resistance, plant pest resistance, plant pathology, plant viruses, plant antibiotics, and identification & analysis of plant disease resistance. There are two main types of infestation that plants suffer, one being ...
By Lifeasible
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Urban Crop Solutions solidifies presence in North America with the appointment of Douglas Gamble as Sales Manager
Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Gamble as their North American Sales Manager. Doug has spent over 25 years in management, sales, and business development roles; and brings his own entrepreneurial experiences and spirit to the position. He joins UCS from the more traditional side of agriculture – having been raised on a dairy farm, which later ...
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Inaugural National Banana Day to champion industry
AUSTRALIANS love bananas. We eat them at breakfast, drink them in smoothies, pack them in lunchboxes, and we even sing jingles about how they make our bodies sing. So it is fitting that an entire calendar day has been dedicated to celebrate the much loved Aussie favourite. Wednesday, May 1, has been earmarked as the first ever National Banana Day. Developed and funded by Hort Innovation, in ...
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Banana Leaves Instead of Plastics
A supermarket was spotted opting out of using plastic to wrap their produce. Instead they are choosing to use something biodegradable, aesthetically beautiful, non-toxic, waterproof and much cheaper than plastic. They are bundling their fruits… A supermarket was spotted opting out of using plastic to wrap their produce. Instead they are choosing to use something biodegradable, ...
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What does common fracture diet note have
In order to help fracture patients recover as soon as possible, in addition to functional reduction, and then use anxin polymer bandage splint for fixation, but also to pay attention to their own eating habits. Especially in the recovery of fracture should pay more attention to, so as not to cause sequelae. What does the food notice of that common fracture have? Here we talk about common fracture ...
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Dietary considerations during fracture recovery
In order to help fracture patients recover as soon as possible, in addition to functional reduction, and then use anxin polymer bandage splint for fixation, but also to pay attention to their own eating habits. Especially in the recovery of fracture should pay more attention to, so as not to cause sequelae. What does the food notice of that common fracture have? Here we talk about common fracture ...
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Farm to school program highlights local produce
Bananas are being shipped in from other islands for inclusion in public school students’ lunches. w Editor’s note: This is the entirety of an article printed in TGI’s Jan. 17 Wellness section, as much of the original article was unreadable due to formatting errors. LIHUE — Local bananas are being showcased in schools this month through the state Department of ...
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App ‘trained’ to spot crop disease, alert farmers
Researchers win grant to further test app for smallholders App diagnoses deadly cassava diseases in field, sends alerts Roll-out in Africa needs engagement with farmers, says expert A team of scientists has received US$100,000 grant to refine a mobile application (app) that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose crop diseases, and aims to help millions of African ...
By SciDev.Net
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Global programme seeks to contain serious threat to the world’s bananas
A fungus poses major risks to the world's banana production and could cause vast commercial losses and even greater damage to the livelihoods of the 400 million people who rely on the world's most traded fruit as a staple food or source of income. FAO and its partners Bioversity International, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the World Banana Forum have launched a global ...
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`Banana has a future after all`
The banana has been severely affected by fungal diseases that can only be combated by using omore and more plant protection products. In the last century, the much-loved Gros Michel banana variety was wiped out as a result of Panama disease. But now the replacement variety Cavendish – available in every supermarket – is at risk. At his inauguration as professor by special appointment ...
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Bioconservación at the 1st all Africa Postharvest Congress
Bioconservación participated from 28th to 31st March, 2017 in the “1st All Africa Post Harvest Congress & Exhibition” which took place in Nairobi (Kenya) and was the first congress on this discipline held on the whole of the continent of Africa. Under the slogan ‘Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa’, the congress brought together ...
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AgBiome Granted Multi-year Award to Discover Biological Solutions to Diseases Affecting Subsistence Crops of Sub-Saharan Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded AgBiome a new multi-year grant, entitled “Broad-Spectrum Biological Control of Fungal Diseases,” which will fund the evaluation and development of lead, proprietary biological fungicides in the fields of African smallholder farmers. The aim of the project is to identify and validate biological fungicides to control one or more of ...
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DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops
An international consortium led by scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) has unravelled the DNA of Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the fungus that causes the much-feared black Sigatoka disease in bananas. The findings provide leads for increasing the sustainability of banana cultivation, for instance through the development of a resistant banana plant. The results were ...
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AgroFresh introduces LandSpring technology, an innovative pre-planting application that reduces transplant shock in tomatoes and peppers
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGFS), a global leader in produce freshness solutions, has introduced its new LandSpring product, a 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) technology for use on transplanted vegetable seedlings. LandSpring, currently registered for use on tomato and pepper crops, reduces transplant shock resulting in lower seedling mortality and faster crop establishment, which leads to ...
By AgroFresh
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Vegetable Workshop Series Offers Insight into Alternative Crops, Soil Health
Growing hops and barley crops is an increasingly popular way to generate additional income from the farm. But before growers decide to devote some acreage to these new crops, they need to understand the costs and labor involved in growing them. Allen Gahler, an Ohio State University Extension educator in Sandusky County, said that while there is a strong and growing market for hops and barley in ...
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New treatment extends shelf life of bananas
Around the world, bananas are one of the most popular tropical fruits. Despite their popularity, bananas have a relatively short shelf life that creates challenges for both producers and consumers. A new study revealed that a postharvest treatment with a natural phospholipid can extend bananas' shelf life, thus enhancing the fruit's marketability. Scientists Zienab F.R. Ahmed from South Valley ...
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Resistance genes from wild relatives of crops offer opportunities for more sustainable agriculture worldwidew
Growing crops with stacks of two or more resistance genes from closely related species, introduced into the crop via for instance genetic engineering, combined with the simultaneous introduction of resistance management, can ensure the long-term resistance of these plants to economically significant and aggressive diseases. The combination offers opportunities to make agriculture more sustainable ...
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New $13.8 million project aims to boost banana production in Uganda and Tanzania
Millions of smallholder banana farmers in Tanzania and Uganda are set to benefit from a new $13.8 million project to develop and distribute higher-yielding, disease-resistant hybrid banana varieties. The effort is being funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Rony Swennen, a professor at KU Leuven (Belgium) and ...
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