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Banana Industry ...is it a global issue?

Banana Industry ...is it a global issue?. Yurie English A2S2 Block H 6 th October 2011.

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Banana Industry ...is it a global issue?

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  1. Banana Industry...is it a global issue? Yurie English A2S2 Block H 6th October 2011

  2. To what extent do the banana industries operating around the world today, particularly in the Central America and the Southern Asia influence the local communities in that area, as well as the international community?

  3. WHY and HOW is this a global issue? Any solutions?

  4. Fig 1. Picture of a green glass globe. from muslinvillage.com Fig 2.Illustration of agriculture. from greenpack.rec.org Fig 3. Picture of a globe and paper money. from allaeas.com ASPECTS TO FOCUS ON Environment Agro-biology Socio-economic

  5. Nutrition rich, sweet fruit • Numerous, unforeseen issues • Problem with the process of plantation • Both on global and local scale IS THIS REALLY A GLOBAL ISSUE? Fig 4. The Dirty Secrets of 6 Scandalous Foods. from thedailygreen.com

  6. Where do all the bananas come from? ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT Fig 5. Sketch of global map. from buellwhitehead.com

  7. According to Philipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA): Ecuador accounts for 29% of total global exports, Costa Rica exports approximately 13%, the Philippines 12%, Columbia 10% and Guatemala 7%

  8. Fig 7. Picture of a Dole banana. from blogs.ubc.ca Fig 6. Picture of a Fyffe advertisement. from Signs-unique.co.uk Fig 8. Picture of a Chiquita banana. from mediafreedominternational.org Fig 9. Picture of a DelMonte banana. from freshdelmonte.com Del Monte, Dole, Chiquita, Fyffes own over 90% of these internationally traded bananas, according to BananaLink.

  9. Fig 10 Picture of deforestation. from University of Michigan

  10. Monoculture plantation Bananas ≠ Trees Fig 11 Illustration of monoculture crops. from GM Crops: A Farmer's Dream?

  11. Negative Impacts Monoculture plantation = soil fertility diminishes = farms must expand Destruction of forests and its ecosystem Deforestation + unhealthy soil = erosion →causes land slides and flooding Water ecosystem can also be affected 　　→e.g. Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica

  12. AGRO-BIOLOGICAL ASPECT Aesthetically perfect banana Figure 12 Picture of a Chiquita banana in market. from FreshPlaza

  13. Dependency on agrochemicals

  14. Where do all the bananas go to? SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECT Fig 13. Sketch of global map. from buellwhitehead.com

  15. Bananas are readily available throughout the year … On average, Americans consume 28 pounds per year per person Figure 14 Picture of bananas in a basket. from gawker.com

  16. Cheap for a reason: • Workers rights neglected • →Low wages • →Over time work periods • →Physically demanding jobs Figure 15 Picture of workers. from John Sochor Photograohy Figure 16 Picture of coins in a pile. from SuperStock.

  17. Benefits: • Cheap, readily available bananas in developed countries • Market domination by transnational firms • Employment in developing countries • Disadvantages: • Wage and standard of living of local workers • Inhibition of local development • 　→misallocation of resources • →dependency of local economy on banana plantation • Potential of poverty and unemployment being created Figure 16. Market Domination. from Business Solutions

  18. CONCLUSION Figure 17. Picture of banana plantation worker from Jan Sochor Photography

  19. Figure 18. Banana Plantation. from bpase.com Figure 19.Illustration of poverty. from MadMikesAmerica

  20. WHAT IS BEING DONE? Figure 20. Polluted Water at Dakshinkali . from flickr.com Figure 21 Bananas Is about a Lawsuit against Food Firm Dole by Banana Plantation Workers in the 1970s. from The Independent News

  21. "Banana Industry’s Impact on Rainforests." Business Ethics. 19 June 2010. Web. 18 Aug. 2011.<http://business-ethics.com/2010/06/19/2440-banana-industrys-impact-on-rainforests/>. "The Banana Industry Worldwide." PBGEA. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.pbgea.org/the-banana-industry/the-banana-industry-worldwide/> Bananas Is about a Lawsuit against Food Firm Dole by Banana Plantation Workers in the 1970s. Digital image. The Independent News. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/might-of-the-multinational-fails-to-stop-campaigning-filmmaker-1947223.html>. Banana Link. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.bananalink.org.uk/>. Banana Plantation. Digital image. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.pbase.com/2112/image/40100540>. Brezina, Corona. Disappearing Forests: Deforestation, Desertification, and Drought. New York, NY: Rosen Pub., 2009. Print. "Cahuita National Park." Puerto Limon Costa Rica. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://www.puertolimon.net/shore-excursion/cahuita-national-park/>. Cohen, Rebecca. "Global Issues For Breakfast: The Banana Industry and Its Problems." The Science Creative Quarterly. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.scq.ubc.ca/global-issues-for-breakfast-the-banana-industry-and-its-problems-fa q-cohen-mix/>. Costa Rica Banana Production and Processing. Dir. National Geographics. YouTube. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cugscx_Fzbg>. The Dirty Secrets of 6 Scandalous Foods. Digital image. The Daily Green. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/bad-foods-scandals-33010801>. "Environmental Impacts of Banana Growing." PLU. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.plu.edu/~bananas/environmental/home.html>. Illustration of agriculture. Digital image. Agriculturerec. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://greenpack.rec.org/agriculture/index.shtml>. BIBLIOGRAPHY

  22. Illustration of monoculture crops. Digital image. GM Crops: A Farmer's Dream? Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2004/Grp4/monoculture.html> Illustration of poverty. Digital image. MadMikesAmerica. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://madmikesamerica.com/2011/09/ron-paul-wants-to-help-the-poor-by-abolishing-minimum-wage/>. Jackson, Rachael. "Green Bananas?." E: The Environmental Magazine 18.1 (2007): 22. MAS Ultra – School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 19 Aug. 2011.Keeling, David J. "THE BANANA: Empires, Trade Wars, and Globalization." Geographical Review 100.1 (2010): 125. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 19 Aug. 2011. Market Domination. Digital image. Business Solutions. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://teamaltman.com/2011/03/the-next-great-entrepreneurs-%E2%80%93-niche-market-domination/>. Picture of bananas in a basket. Digital image. Gawker.com. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://gawker.com/5823906/the-banana-apocalypse-is-coming?popular=true>. Picture of banana plantation worker. Digital image. Jan Sochor Photography. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jansochor.com/photo-essay/banana-republic.html>. Picture of Chiquita banana. Digital image. Mediafreedominternational.org. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2011/04/04/chiquita-banana-sued-over-killings-in-colombia/>. Picture of Chiquita banana in market. Digital image. FreshPlaza. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=10895>. Picture of coins in a pile. Digital image. SuperStock. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-photos-images/1566-318541>. Picture of deforestation. Digital image. University of Michigan. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sec005group6/local_problems>. Picture of a Del Monte banana. Digital image. Freshdelmonte.com. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.freshdelmonte.com/products-whole-produce-bananas.aspx>. Picture of Dole banana. Digital image. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://blogs.ubc.ca/yummyoil/2011/07/08/the-breakfast-of-champions-part-2-bananas/>. Picture of Fyffes advertisement. Digital image. Signs-unique.co.uk. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.signs-unique.co.uk/signs_unique/moreinfosu/pid/9816899>. BIBLIOGRAPHY

  23. Picture of a globe and paper money. Digital image. Allaeas.com. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.allaeas.com/?attachment_id=825>. Picture of a green glass globe. Digital image. Muslimvillage.com. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://muslimvillage.com/2011/06/09/islam-the-green-revolution/>. Picture of workers. Digital image. Jan Sochor Photography. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jansochor.com/photo-essay/banana-republic.html>. Polluted Water at Dakshinkali. Digital image. Flickr. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankraut/538294558/>. Shah, Anup. "The Banana Trade War." Global Issues. 03 Jan. 2010. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/241/bananas>. Sketch of global map. Digital image. Buellwhitehead.com. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. <http://www.buellwhitehead.com/gallery/plog-content/images/game-art/orbit-playing-cards/210c-sketch-of-world-map_720x475.jpg>. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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