Bananas imported into New Zealand from the Philippines will soon be treated, before shipping, with a system kinder on the environment thanks to technology developed by Crop & Food Research and BOC for Dole Asia.
The disinfestation technology developed in New Zealand will be introduced by Dole to its operations around the world.
Steve Barton, NZ Manager for Dole Asia, says by September, bananas on sale in New Zealand, and elsewhere in Asia, will have been treated with this new technology.
“Commercial-scale trials of the new technology, to rid the bananas of tropical pests, have been successful,” he says. “As soon as the company making the equipment, to deliver the treatment to the bananas, can supply us we can introduce the technology.”
Dole plans to introduce the technology first in the Philippines, where bananas for New Zealand are sourced, then roll it out around the world... full story here
The disinfestation technology developed in New Zealand will be introduced by Dole to its operations around the world.
Steve Barton, NZ Manager for Dole Asia, says by September, bananas on sale in New Zealand, and elsewhere in Asia, will have been treated with this new technology.
“Commercial-scale trials of the new technology, to rid the bananas of tropical pests, have been successful,” he says. “As soon as the company making the equipment, to deliver the treatment to the bananas, can supply us we can introduce the technology.”
Dole plans to introduce the technology first in the Philippines, where bananas for New Zealand are sourced, then roll it out around the world... full story here
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