Selected sources of statistics
References
Some relevant publications among the numerous existing publications related to bananas are mentioned below:
- The international banana trade, Julian Roche, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 1998
- World Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables - Opportunities for Developing Countries in the Production and Export of Organic Horticultural Products, CTA, FAO, ITC, Rome, 2001
- World Conference on Horticultural Research Conference Documents
- The Banana Chain: The Macro-Economics of the Banana Trade, Adelien van de Kasteele, on behalf of IUF, 1998
- Bananas: The 'Green Gold' of the TNCs, Anne-Claire Chambron, The UK Food Group) 1999
- Straightening the Bent World of the Banana, Anne-Claire Chambron, EFTA, 2000
- The Big Banana Split, New Internationalist issue 317 - October 1999
- Banana Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean; the market, the evolving policy framework and development options, FAO, IICA, WB, 1998
- Istmo Centroamericano: Fomento y Modernización del Sector Agroexportador. Los casos del azúcar, el banano y el café, CEPAL, 2000
- El mercado mundial del banano, Rafael Cartay, Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ). 1997, 14: 3-20
- Estudio de caso: El Mercado Europeo del Banano y la OMC, SELA, 1998
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, EU Market Survey 2002, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, EU Market Survey 2002, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing and Trade Information (Roberta Cook)
:- La banane en 2004, bilan de campagne nationale", Service des Nouvelles des Marchés (SNM), Ministère Français de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pèche et de la Ruralité.
"Forthcoming Changes in the EU Banana/Sugar Markets: a Menu of Options for an Effective EU Transitional Package", ODI, août 2005.
Clever links
International organizations
Bananas bioversity international
Common Fund for Commodities
International Trade Centre, Fruit and Vegetables
Base de Datos UPEB (Union of Banana Exporting Countries)
Caribbean Banana Exporters Association
CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU, Banana sector
SICE (Organization of American States-Foreign Trade Information System)
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA
ACP General Secretariat
European Centre for Development Policy Management
Promusa
Barnesa, Banana Research Network for Eastern & Southern Africa
Centre International pour la Recherche Agronomique et le Developpement, CIRAD Banana, Plantain and Pineapple Programme
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
CAB International
International Society of Horticultural Science (International Conference on Banana and Plantain for Africa)
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
COLEACP, Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-Liaison Committee for the promotion of ACP horticultural exports
Associations
United Fresh Produce Association
Produce Marketing Association
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Freshfel Europe, European Association for the fresh produce
Fresh Produce Consortium
Global GAP
Perishables Group
Banana information and news
Sopisco News
Banana Link
Fruitnet, The Global Fresh Produce Portal
COMEXI, Ecuador
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (Spain)
CTA, Banana Recent Developments
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
International Fruit World, Agropress
The Packer On Line
Fruitecom
Horticom
Agrovia
Fresh Info
Fruits et Legumes
Fructidor International
Agroinfo
Fruit on-line
Infoagro
Forbes
BBC
Guardian, Special Reports
The Observer, Focus
Caribbean Investor
Global Exchange
Banana.com
Banana Label Gallery
Intute
Agribusiness Assistant
Saveurs du monde
Bridges Weekly Trade News Weekly
Fruit & Vegetable Project
Five a day
National Links
What follows is a list of interesting links to national entities or documents related to banana, organized in a regional or in a country basis:
|
Exporting countries |
|
Ecuador |
Servicio de Información Agropecuaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, SICA |
| Ecuagro |
| COMEXI |
| Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |
|
Colombia |
Augura (Colombian Banana Growers Association) |
| Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural. Observatorio Agrocadenas |
| Banco de la República: Las exportaciones colombianas de banano 1950-1998 |
|
Costa Rica |
Corporación Bananera Nacional |
| Procomer |
| Infoagro, Diagnostico Sectorial 1996-2000 |
| Ministerio de Agricultura |
|
Panama |
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias. Dirección Nacional del Banano |
| Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior, Memoria año 2000 Dirección Nacional del Banano |
| Memoria 2001 Dirección Nacional del Banano |
|
Other countries in Central America |
Guatemala, Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica |
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, El banano de exportación en Nicaragua |
| Sitio del banano |
| Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation |
|
Carribean |
Winward Bananas |
| St. Lucia Banana Industry-Ministry of Agriculture |
| St. Lucia Banana Strategy Paper |
| Belize Trade and Investment Development Service |
| Belize, Ministry of Works, Transport, Citrus and Banana Industries |
| Jamaican Bananas and Plantains |
| IICA, "Towards a Competitive Banana Industry in the Caribbean" |
| EU Evaluation of Assistance to ACP Banana Producers |
| CTA |
| The crisis and future of the Winward Islands Banana Industry |
| The impact of globalization on the Caribbean sugar and banana industries |
| The development of Windward Islands Banana Export Trade |
| Oxfam GB Policy Paper - Mar 98 "A Future for Caribbean Bananas The Importance of Europe's Banana Market to the Caribbean" |
|
Africa |
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, "Cas de la production et de l´exportation de l´ananas, de la banane et de la mangue de Côte d´Ivoire" |
| Investir en zone franc (IZF) |
| Africa Front, A food security case: Bananas and Plantains |
| International Development Research centre |
| Africentre Banana Programme, Kenya |
|
Asia |
Philippines Department of Agriculture |
| Philippines Bureau of Agricultural Research |
| Philexport |
| Philippines Council for Agriculture, Foresty and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD) |
| Philippines Bureau of Export Trade Promotion |
| Philippines Peasant Institute |
| Food Market Exchange (Thaïlande) |
|
European Union |
Platano de Canarias |
| Bananes de Guadeloupe et de Martinique |
|
Other countries |
Brazilian Fruit |
| Australian Banana Growers Council |
| Australian Bananas, Banana Land |
| FandVforme |
|
Importing countries |
|
European Union |
- Common organisation of the market in bananas |
| - Trade issues, EU |
| - Comité de Gestion de la Banane (French) |
| - The courier ACP-EU |
| - CBI, Centre for the promotion of imports from developing countries |
|
United States |
United States Department of Agriculture, USDA |
| Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA |
| Economic Research Service, USDA |
| Fruit and Tree Nuts, ERS/USDA |
| Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, USDA |
| USDA Economics and Statistics System |
| United States Trade Representative (agriculture) |
| CRS Report for Congress on the Banana Dispute |
| US Mission to the EU |
|
Other countries |
Australian Trade Commission |
| Agriculture and Agri-food Canada |
| Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) |
Academia
- Duke University
- University of California Davis
- Postharvest Technology Research and Information Centre
- Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management, Research Bulletins
- University of Florida
- Horticultural Business Information Network, University of Tenesse
- National Food and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East
- Society for Caribbean Studies
- University of Hawaii
Partners
Information on international fruits market and more particularly on bananas, citrus fruits as well as other tropical fruit and vegetable products are updated on a regular basis within the framework of a partnership established with the "Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement" (Cirad). We would like to thank Mr. Denis Loeillet, FruiTrop editor, who graciously agreed to make this monthly report available to Infocomm. For further information, please refer to the Cirad Internet website.