Ecuador’s banana sector under climate change

Year of publication2016

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractAt the request of the Ecuadorian Government, FAO undertook a technical assistance to generate an integrated assessment climate impacts on the banana value chain in support of the Ecuador initiatives towards sustainable and climate-adapted strategies. Both biophysical and socio-economic analyses were carried out using a team of FAO and international experts. Evidence was generated on: (i) banana suitability under climate change in Ecuador and other banana producing countries; (ii) climate impacts on yields and potential diseases incidence for bananas in Ecuador; (iii) carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions from production to consumption, including transportation and waste disposal. Policy analysis focused on the Government measures aimed at ensuring a fairer distribution of returns between laborers, plantations owners and exporters. The studies were carried between September 2012 and December 2013 and the key findings were presented at a national multi-stakeholder workshop held i n January 2014 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

 

ThemeAgricultural Commodities and Development

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

CountryEcuador

RegionLatin America and the Caribbean

ISBN978-92-5-10929-1

Areas of workGlobal Commodity Markets

CommodityBananas

Keywordsbananas; climate change adaptation; assessment; sustainable development; socioeconomic environment; Ecuador