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The World Banana Economy
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF WORLD BANANA PRODUCTION AND TRADE
1.1 Introduction
1.2 World Banana Production
1.3 Exports
1.4 Imports
1.5 Prices
1.6 Consumption
CHAPTER 2: BANANA EXPORTING COUNTRIES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Ecuador
2.3 Costa Rica
2.4 Colombia
2.5 Other Latin American Countries
2.6 The Caribbean
2.7 The Philippines
2.8 Africa
CHAPTER 3: BANANA IMPORTING COUNTRIES AND TRADE POLICIES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The European Union
3.3 The United States of America
3.4 Japan
3.5 Russia
3.6 China
3.7 Other Importing Countries
CHAPTER 4: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Crop Breeding
4.3 Sowing
4.4 Pests and Diseases
4.5 Environmentally-friendly and socially-acceptable technologies
4.6 Transportation
4.7 Ripening
CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Environmental issues
5.3 Social issues
5.4 Addressing the challenges
5.5 Environmental and social certification programmes
5.6 The markets for certified organic and fair-trade bananas
CHAPTER 6: TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES IN THE WORLD BANANA ECONOMY
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The central role of TNCs in international banana trade
6.3 Changes in competitive positions among the TNCs
6.4 Trade policy changes and TNCs: impacts and responses
6.5 Economic changes and TNCs: impacts and responses
6.6 TNCs and social accountability
6.7 Medium-term outlook for the TNCs