Every fifth banana in Switzerland comes from fair trade. More and more consumers in Western Europe

Every fifth banana in Switzerland comes from fair trade. More and more consumers in Western Europe are willing to pay extra for a quality bananas produced with the environment in mind, knowing that banana growers receive a fair price - twice to three times the normal market price and that part of the price is for community development - bananas Fair Trade.
Growing and selling bananas in terms of unfair trade Ecuador is today the largest exporter of bananas worldwide. For oil bananas are the most commonly traded commodity and annually produce revenue of about $ 900 million. The vast majority of exports going to the U.S. and European Union countries. 70% of banana producers are small farmers, 20% are medium farmers and 10% are large firms. However, large companies control nearly three-quarters of area and production. The three largest international banana companies (Chiquita, Del Monte and Doel) concluded long-term contracts with major domestic exporters, while small farmers have virtually chance to directly offer their products to the world market only through intermediaries, but which is very disadvantageous different methods of food preservation from an economic perspective. They do not usually clueless about what is happening in the world market and the pressures different methods of food preservation of world market prices relentlessly pushed to the wall. For their bananas often receive less than their worth cultivating. Banana pickers working in poor working conditions and violation of labor law. Child labor is very common banana plantations. Salary two adults usually not enough to uživenie whole family and it is still needed salary of one child. A study by Human Rights Watch, which describes his work on banana plantations 45 children must be under the conventions of the International labor Organization of the United Nations (ILO) child labor on banana plantations included among "the worst kinds of child labor" at all. By the Committee on Freedom of divisions include Ecuador among the five countries in the world where no trade union rights different methods of food preservation are respected. For several decades, there are no independent trade unions banana. That absence of branches made of Ecuadorian largest exporter of bananas in the world. Since the production costs can be kept very low, the Ecuadorian bananas on the world market offered as the cheapest. Plantation workers are afraid to somehow organize, because the most common response to the formation of a union layoffs. Shift towards justice different methods of food preservation Banana industry different methods of food preservation brings huge profits for multinational corporations orchards. However, there are two issues: human rights different methods of food preservation violations and high long-term costs of welfare. This issue is resolved fair trade bananas. Its aim is shortly to ensure the rights of small and medium-sized producers and protection work on plantations. In the long term effort to change the structure of the banana industry. There are two ways in Europe to promote fair trade bananas. One is through political pressure on EU institutions through various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across European countries. "Banana campaign" is considered by development NGOs, which was established in 1993 and focuses on meaningful political reform organized by the European market. "Banana campaign", together with European NGOs' Network on Trade in Bananas euro ", is also trying different methods of food preservation to customs regulations that would allow revenue reinvested in production conducive to the social sphere and the environment and to support the victims of small producers. The second path is a commercial strategy. Pioneer of fair trade bananas in Germany different methods of food preservation association "Banafair", which imports and sells bananas from Ecuador, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. Prerequisite different methods of food preservation for collaboration is respect at least the minimum social standards in production. This is inter alia calls for the prohibition of forced child labor and liability different methods of food preservation insurance for workers. "Banafair" products sold in health food stores, church associations and other retail and consumer attention to problematic issues in the production of bananas in the market in the form of educational activities or campaigns. ORGANIC and FAIR bananas UROCALu
Fair bananas Since 1998, sells "Banafair" bananas from Ecuadorian Association of small growers bear interest. Remunerated at the local name is an acronym for Regional Union Union farmers coastal regions of Ecuador. These farm families belonging different methods of food preservation to about 5,000 smallholders in the country, supplying about 60% of the total banana production. Given the lower price and long-term cooperation can occur to improve working and living conditions of small producers. Another objective is UROCALu greening production, which means abandoning the use of toxic herbicides and pesticides in the cultivation of bananas. Remunerated different methods of food preservation at producing different methods of food preservation bio-bananas, which are certified according to current legislation on controlled and certified organic production. The "Banafair" bananas grown 14 families from the small town of Las Palmas. In addition to a school, church and stand there no infrastructure. Facilities families ele