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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Baobab hits the news

Well, Baobab has been hitting the headlines! See below for some articles this week on Baobab:

New exotic fruit to hit UK shops BBC News - UK The company which has been lobbying for the EU approval, PhytoTrade Africa, hopes the demand for the fruit will mean employment for millions of African ...

Exotic fruit cleared for UK sale The Press Association - Gus Le Breton, the chief executive of PhytoTrade Africa, which lobbied for the EU ruling, said: "According to a report by the UK's Natural Resources ...

New fruit packed with vitamin C Marie Claire.co.uk - London,England,UK The new EU ruling to sell Baobab in the UK has received the thumbs up from the chief executive of PhytoTrade Africa, Gus Le Breton. ...

Fruit with six times the vitamin C of an orange is coming soon Daily Mail - UK Gus Le Breton, chief executive of PhytoTrade Africa, said: 'The EU decision is a crucial step to developing the global market which could be worth up to ...

The PhytoTrade Africa - Baobab relationship has been examined in some blogs also:

Making Trade Fair By Omer Rana(Omer Rana) A case in point is the PhytoTrade Africa -- an organization promoting fair and environmentally sustainable trade. Recently, PhytoTrade has been promoting the import of fruit of the baobab tree from Africa. According to a recent BBC ... Omer Rana's Blog - http://omer-rana-blog.blogspot.com/

Good news for the African savannah By Phil Walker(Phil Walker) The organisation PhytoTrade Africa must be feeling celebratory this morning, as through their good offices, farmers across the African continent will now be able to export baobab fruit into the EU. It cannot be imported whole, ... The Melangerie - http://melangerie.blogspot.com/

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Oman said...

In Oman we have a few Baobab Trees http://blog.omanholiday.co.uk/blog/_archives/2008/7/17/3797646.html – not enough for juicers but they are a amazing tree to look at

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