This Steering Committee meeting will be the opportunity to exchange information on the challenges that the banana industry is currently facing and to share the results of the WBF’s Working Groups on environment, distribution of value, gender & labour rights, and our global events and alliances. It is also a valuable opportunity to prepare the WBF Global Conference that will take place in the second semester of 2017.

The Secretariat of the World Banana Forum (WBF) based at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pleased to invite you to a side event to discuss potential approaches to prevent, manage and contain the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) of the Fusarium wilt disease, which is a significant threat to banana farmer's livelihoods worldwide.

BOHESI aims to contribute to a more socially and environmentally sustainable banana production and trade with improved standards of living (in particular in relation to health and natural resource access) for male and female banana workers, farmers and surrounding communities.

Environmental practices in the banana industry are designed to ensure sustainability and to mitigate effects on surrounding ecosystems. Each stage of the banana production cycle has an environmental impact with the potential to be reduced.

Series of webinars exploring banana industry good practices, dealing with several stages of the value chain. The webinars will look at the efforts made by farmers, companies, civil society organizations and other industry stakeholders towards adopting practices designed to fulfill obligations to the environment and the lives of its workforce and communities.