01791nam a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024500800007926000380015930000110019752012090020865300250141765300110144265300210145365300230147465300240149770000170152170000150153870000200155310053932015-02-04       2000    bl uuuu      00u1 u    #d1 aHOLDERNESS, M.  aOrganic banana 2000btowards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean.  aMontpellier, France: INIBAPc2000  a174 p.  aMany small-scale banana farmers are facing increasing difficulty in competing in a free market economy. Production and diversification alternatives for such growers have become clear needs. One such possibility is the organic production of bananas, which has attracted considerable interest in both producer and consumer countries. There is a growing interest in organics throughout the Caribbean region, as these are widely seen as having a developing market. As a result of this demand, INIBAP, CAB International, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) jointly organized an International workshop on the production and marketing of organic bananas produced by smallholder farmers. The workshop was hosted in the Dominican Republic, by kind invitation of the Executive Director, Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc. (CEDAF). In order to ensure that all the key issues in the farmer-to-table chain were addressed, a wide range of interest groups were represented at the meeting. Participants included farmers and producer representatives, mainly from the Caribbean and Latin America regions, but also others with relevant experience to share from Africa.  aAgricultura familiar  aBanana  aBanana orgânica  aPequeno agricultor  aSmollholder farmers1 aSHARROCK, S.1 aFRISON, E.1 aKAIRO, M. (Ed.)