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About Economies a scale
->
Bananas -> in the past 80 %
are popular because they contain , or the boana trade was



large amounts o energy ad potassium dominated by 4
large TNCs .
These companies

-> I' most raded agricultural commodity own or contract out plantations to other


->
one
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the five most conserved fruits producers ; they have their ow n sea transport ,




->
16 S
. million sonnes exported in 2013
,
1 million ripering facilities ,
and their own distribution


from LATAM (80% ) ,
27% recieved by Europe networks is
consuming countries This allows
.




Ecuador
significant economies o seale galins as
they

can sell bananas in the USA or El markets at



->
Bananas are growing is predominantly hot ,
raing a very low price

lowlands of hropical regions like Ecuador

fairtrade as
,




->
The beca industry provides 2 million jobs in
->
race-to-the-bottom is a simation where companies
Ecuador

lower standards of working conditions , wages
->
,

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industry is so important a Evador

environmental laws and regulations in ercer to
because /3 live in povery (6sp a day) making

keep prices low and keep up with competition
then reliant He main source o
heavily a Bananas as


->
This with TNCs move their
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income




negatives
-> To reduce this there has been
,
a
steady

growth in the sales of 'sustainable bananas

(of growing Bananas) ->
This smaller scale
will help producers
->
The largest
agrochemical imput into the environment
,
will partially counter the deterioration a

around 30kg of herbicides and pesticides per hectare
conditions in benea production
per year -> There is undoubtedly a
growing market

->
protations encourage deforestation
segment g ethical conservers in rich nations
->
for every / tonne o ba as
produced the

who are becoming aware of the race-to-ree-
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bottom and os willing to
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-> no
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