bananas case study
- Created by: sophie_st3vens
- Created on: 18-11-19 17:39
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- Bananas
- where are they grown
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador produces >1/3
- Columbia
- Philippines
- agrochemical use
- fertilisers
- fungicides
- insecticides
- herbicides
- the banana industry has the 2nd most agrochemical input into the environment
- envi- impact
- they cause deforestation (land is needed to grow them)
- for every 1 tonne of bananas produced, 2 tonnes of waste is produced
- soil fertility is damaged due to contamination
- pollutants running into water can damage ecosystems
- largest producers, importers and exporters
- Consumers: India (27.5m), China (13m) and Brazil (6.7m)
- Importers: USA (3.8m) Germany (1.6m)
- Exporters: Ecuador (5.8m) Philippines (2m)
- what role do TNCs play
- they own or contract plantations to other producers with their own sea transport and ripening plants
- they enjoy economies of scale
- lomé convention
- an agreement made with 71 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. all being banana producers with the EU
- This caused disputes as these countries were given free tariffs
- The convention ended up having to extend the countries to more banana suppliers
- The aim of the original convention was to support the small family-run farms
- The WTO ruled against it and ordered the EU to cease the discrimination
- Compromise was reached between the EU and 11 latin american countries where tariffs would be gradually decreased
- Fairtrade
- Faritrade introduced sustainable bananas
- Fairtrade saw the growing market for ethical consumers willing to pay extra for a certified product
- Fairtrade made it fair for banana workers as they get a fair price for what they do and premium priced bananas have money going towards their local community
- where are they grown
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