Hundreds of millions of dollars in banana exports from Colombia are at risk due to a fungal disease best known as Tropical Race 4 (TR4). First detected in Asia in the 1990s, the Fusarium fungus that ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s interior minister slammed a U.S. judge’s approval of a $25 million fine for Chiquita Brands International Inc., saying Tuesday the company was able to get off cheap for ...

BOGOTA, April 17 (Reuters) - Farmers in Colombia, the world's fifth-largest banana grower, are looking to boost shipments to the European Union this year on the lucrativeness of shipping to the region ...

BOGOTA, March 14 (Reuters) - Colombia's banana exports fell 2.7% to 108 million 20-kilogram boxes last year, the head of banana growers' association told Reuters on Tuesday, citing inclement, rainy ...

LA GUAJIRA, Colombia — Editor's note: The video above is from an August 2019 story about cocaine found in boxes of bananas at Washington state grocery stores. It might not be obvious at the ...

BOGOTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Colombian banana workers on Wednesday reached agreement with growers to avoid a strike, clinching an increase in wages and improved social benefits that prevented a protest ...

A man sells bananas near a quarantined banana plantation affected by a destructive fungus near Riohacha, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. A disease that ravages banana crops has made its ...

Because the number of banana eaters in the U. S. is practically a daily constant, and because from the banana comes such useful commodities as banana oil, the United Fruit Co. (Manhattan) has ...

There’s no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of cement paths, disinfection stations, and production strategies could net 3 ...