Holdings: Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability : A Case Project with Unifrutti, IFC, and Smallholder Banana Farmers in the Philippines

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Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability : A Case Project with Unifrutti, IFC, and Smallholder Banana Farmers in the Philippines

Smallholder banana farmers are beginning to understand that their old farming methods are contributing to the planet's drying up or suffocating in fields of garbage. They are convinced that they have to change their ways for the good of their...

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Main Authors:	Macawaris, Natalie, Taylor, Colin, Zamora-Galinato, Carla
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AQUACULTURE AUDITS BANANAS BLACK SIGATOKA CERTIFICATION COSTS CERTIFICATION STANDARDS COOPERATIVES COST SAVINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS EQUIPMENT FARM FARM WORKER FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FINANCIAL RESOURCES GARBAGE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS LAND REFORM MANUAL WEEDING MARKETING NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PLANTATIONS PRICE PREMIUM PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS QUALITY STANDARDS RA RECYCLING SEEDS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDERS SOWING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FARMING WAGES WASTE MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14875388/sowing-seeds-sustainability-case-project-unifrutti-ifc-smallholder-banana-farmers-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10447

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14875388/sowing-seeds-sustainability-case-project-unifrutti-ifc-smallholder-banana-farmers-philippines
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10447