Back in the early 1990s, in the first years of the Rainforest Alliance, we made it a priority to transform an industry that was once synonymous with worker abuse, rampant deforestation, and the ruin of streams, rivers, and coral reefs. Banana-producing countries where the Rainforest Alliance works Habitat Bananas are indigenous to the tropical portions of India, Southeast Asia and northern Australia, and were brought to South America by the Portuguese in the early 16th century. Today, banana plants grow in the humid, tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia where there are high temperatures and rainfall.
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What does having Rainforest Alliance Certified bananas mean? A leaflet explaining what certified bananas mean for people & nature and how you contribute to making a positive change by buying bananas with the frog seal. Better for Business: Rainforest Alliance Certified Bananas About 12 weeks after bagging, the green-colored fruit is ready to harvest. In order to harvest the bananas, one worker cuts the stem from the plant while another stands underneath to catch the falling stem on his shoulder. After one growth cycle, the banana plant will be cut down and a new plant will grow from the root clump (rhizome) left behind. The Rainforest Alliance has also conducted several meetings with smallholder banana farmers to help with the implementation of the new standard—with a focus on the requirements specific to individual situations. The convening meeting at the end of December 2020 concluded this round of discussions, which included Rainforest Alliance leadership. In 2021, there were producers of Rainforest Alliance certified banana in 20 countries Banana Certification Data Report 2021 Rainforest Alliance program Program reach Area (hectare) 185,038 Number of farmers 2,670 Estimated production (MT) 9,401,763 Number of workers (seasonal and permanent) 187,812 Relative growth 2020-2021:
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Introduction The main goal of this report is to present the scope and scale of the Rainforest Alliance banana certification program in 2019 -calendar year. The report is created to inform our stakeholders and is part of our commitment to transparency. Newsroom 21 September 2021 The world's first banana farm certified against the Rainforest Alliance's 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard The Costa Rican farm, Finca Frutas de Escocia S.A.- Finca Esmeralda, Fyffes has become the first banana farm in the world to be certified against the 2020 version of the Rainforest Alliance Standard. The Rainforest Alliance (RA) certification scheme was established to certify farms that met a number of social, occupation health and environmental standards set by RA and their certifying body, the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). This study was one of the first, independent studies of the environmental impact of some of the principles. With regards to the fruit and banana sectors we know that Rainforest Alliance certification is valued by mainstream conventional fruit markets and facilitates market access for farmers. Over 10,000 Rainforest Alliance certified banana and other fruit farms 1 employ more than 500,000 workers and cover over 900,000 hectares of sustainable farms.
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LatAm banana producers and exporters hold first meeting with Rainforest Alliance CEO. February 04 , 2022. More News. A A A. Latin American banana industry representatives have held their first meeting with Rainforest Alliance CEO Santiago Gowland, amid an increasing challenging economic scenario for growers. Banana wars: Growers slam 'hypocrisy' of Aldi and Rainforest Alliance in pricing and standards spat A coalition of South American banana growers have warned that the price they receive from European retailers is unsustainable after it emerged Aldi will cut the amount it pays for the fruit next year.
When, in 1989, the Rainforest Alliance began with a three-person office in Costa Rica, we had a front row seat to the vast deforestation that was happening in Central America—due largely to the banana industry. Historically banana farms in Latin America were at the core of agricultural expansion, driving economic growth and creating thousands. The Rainforest Alliance Certified program is the largest banana certification program worldwide. Rainforest Alliance cooperates with plantations and companies in the banana supply chain towards a more sustainable banana sector. In 2018 nearly 2,200 banana growers and 160,000 workers were included in the Rainforest Alliance certification program.
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P. Navarro Villa , Jul 25, 2023. In 2018, production of banana certified by the Rainforest Alliance in Latin America amounted to more than 7.9 million metric tons, nearly 9.4 percent more than a. The new Rainforest Alliance certification standard has been criticised by Latin American banana producers for failing to get to grips with the structural problems of cost and revenue distribution along the supply chain. While Rainforest Alliance is keenly aware of the problem, it holds certification alone cannot solve this structural imbalance.
