Banana Improvement
Title | Banana Improvement PDF eBook |
Author | G. J. Persley |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 9780821337400 |
Banana research needs and opportunities; Overview of the banana improvement project; Portfolio of projects; Summary and recommendations.
Studies on the Banana
Title | Studies on the Banana PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Monroe Bailey |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Banana Wars
Title | Banana Wars PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Striffler |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2003-11-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780822331964 |
DIVThe history of banana cultivation and its huge impact on Latin American, history, politics, and culture./div
Slipping Away
Title | Slipping Away PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Moberg |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781845451455 |
"During the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was caught in a bitter trade dispute between the US and EU over the European banana market. When the World Trade Organization rejected preferential access for Caribbean growers in 1998 the effect on the region's rural communities was devastating. This volume examines the "banana wars" from the vantage point of St. Lucia's Mabouya Valley, whose recent, turbulent history reveals the impact of global forces. The author investigates how the contemporary structure of the island's banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically "stable" peasantry. followed by politicians' efforts to mobilize rural voters. These political strategies left farmers dependent on institutional and market protection, leaving them vulnerable to any alteration in trade policy. This history gave way to a new harsh reality, in which neoliberal policies privilege price and quantity over human rights and the environment. However. against these challenges, the author shows how the rural poor have responded in creative ways, including new social movements and Fair Trade farming, in order to negotiate a stronger position for themselves in a shifting global economy."--BOOK JACKET.
Studies of Philippine Bananas
Title | Studies of Philippine Bananas PDF eBook |
Author | Eduardo A. Quisumbing |
Publisher | |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Studies on the Bunchy Top Disease of the Banana and Other Musa Species
Title | Studies on the Bunchy Top Disease of the Banana and Other Musa Species PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Joseph Patrick Magee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | Bananas |
ISBN |
The Banana
Title | The Banana PDF eBook |
Author | James Wiley |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0803216378 |
The Banana demystifies the banana trade and its path toward globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade and assesses the roles of such major players as the European Union and the World Trade Organization. It also analyzes the forces driving today's economy, such as the competitiveness imperative, diversification processes, and niche market strategies. Its final chapter suggests how the outcome of the recent banana war will affect bananas and trade in other commodities sectors as well.