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goes to Ms. Lisseth Moreira, Director of International Cooperation within the Ministry of Agriculture; Mr. Marco Antonio Oviedo Cajas, focal point for the Project from the Ministry of Agriculture; and Mr. Ignacio Sotomayor from INIAP – National Agricultural Research Institute.
This report is divided into 6 chapters. Chapter 1 (Aziz Elbehri) describes the overall conceptual framework that guided the project. Chapter 2 (Aziz Elbehri), reports on the economic and policy analysis of the banana value chain in Ecuador and the implications for social, environmental sustainability. Chapter 3 (David Skully and Aziz Elbehri) provides an overview of the specific climate change issues likely to face Ecuador and the banana industry. Chapter 4 (German Calberto and colleagues) is an in-depth quantitative analysis of the banana suitability in Ecuador under climate change carried out by a team
of researchers from Diversity International led by Charles Staver. Chapter 5 (Almudena Hospido and Laura Roibas) provides a new life cycle/carbon footprint analysis on banana in Ecuador. Chapter 6 (David Skully) provides an economic analysis of carbon policy and its impacts on banana demand, supply and trade.
Funding for the project was provided through FAO’s Multidonor Mechanism with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Administrative support was carried out by Nadia Laouini and Patricia Taylor from FAO Trade and Markets Division. Supplemental technical assistance and literature review was provided by Pedro Soussa. The manuscript was copy edited by Margie Peters-Fawcett while art design and final formatting was provided by Rita Ashton and Ettore Vecchione.
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