Description
Book SynopsisGlobalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs focuses on the role played by local growers and exporters in Ecuador, which has been the world's leading banana exporter for more than sixty years without ever being dominated by foreign corporations.
Trade Review"Based on sound historical and contemporary assessment,
Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs refreshingly corrects conventional wisdom about the banana industry." * Joachim von Braun, University of Bonn *
"
Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs is an entertaining and insightful work providing a synthetic, alternative history of the banana industry." * Paul Sabin, Yale University *
Table of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Octopus
Chapter 2. El Pulpo's South American Rivals
Chapter 3. Never a Banana Republic
Chapter 4. Good Governance, for a Change
Chapter 5. South American Entrepreneurs Go Global
Chapter 6. Keeping Up with Technological Advances
Chapter 7. Agrarian Reform, Unionization, and a Policy Tilt Against Agriculture
Chapter 8. Ecuador's Resurgence
Chapter 9. The Environmental Impact
Chapter 10. Continuing Challenges, New Risks
Chapter 11. Creative Destruction?
Appendix: Ecuadorian Banana Production and Exports, 1961 to 2013
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments
