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Victor PradaBerlin Dec 19

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Current challenges banana industry

Contents

1. Challenges banana industry2. World Banana Forum (WBF) brief intro3. WBF working groups4. Next events and conferences

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Challenges

Environment Economic Social

TR4 Distribution value

Gender equity

Carbon Foot Print

Living Wages Occupational Health and Safety

Water management

Sustainable Costs of Production

Freedom of Associattion

Agroecological practices

Externalities Collective bargainig

Climate change

Competition laws

Decent work

Governance

Steering Committee

WG01 WG02 WG03

Secretariat AdvisoryBoard

Working Groups

WG01 on Sustainable Production

Systems and Environmental

Impact

WG02 on Distribution

of Value

WG03 on Labour Rights

and Other Workplace

Issues

Task Force on Gender EquityTask Force TR4

SG CCSP

Global Network TR4

Overview of recent activities

WORKING GROUP 01

Fusarium wilt TR4

Activities of the TR4 Task

Force

- Establishment of a Global Network on

Tropical Race 4(TR4GN) has successfully

started as a networking platform.

- Building the infrastructure of the TR4GN

website as a knowledge hub is ongoing.

- Creation process of the TR4GN materials for

awareness raising and knowledge sharing.

- TR4 Task Force Communication on the

phytosanitary alert for Fusarium TR4 in Latin

America and the Caribbean produced

and published on the WBF website.

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Actions taken by the TR4 Task Force following the outbreak

Given the importance of TR4 for all

stakeholders, the WBF created the TR4 Task

Force (TR4TF) in December 2013, these WBF

members and partners that are plant health

experts from around the world.

During the last Summer, in response to the

LAC TR4 outbreak originated in Colombia, the

Task Force doubled the effort to pertinently

respond.

Seventeenth Meeting of the Steering Committee (SC17)

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Additional information on FAO’s activities

Additionally, the WBF Secretariat, in permanent communication with the Task Force, and following the leadership of FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division (AGPM), provided support to activities to respond to the emergency, such as:

• Creation and the meetings of a FAO Inter Departmental Working Group on Fusarium TR4 (IDWG).

• Support to the formulation of a regional emergency Technical Cooperation Project (TCPe) for Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Support to the publication of a FAO press release on the efforts displayed by the organization to address the emergency.

• Support to the creation of a corporate thematic webpage on TR4.

• Support to the formulation of potential FAO event on TR4 in 2020.

• Progress on the guide for travelers.

• Efforts in Africa.

• Discussion / workshop advocate among Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 countries.

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Overview of activities following the outbreak

TR4GN was conceived in 2018. Took the form

of a strategic knowledge hub and information sharing

platform by the end of 2019.

The TR4GN’s tools, promoted by the WBF Secretariat, TR4TF, FAO

‘s AGPM, IT and Communication teams, were incipient by the

time of the outbreak in mid 2019.

During the outbreak, the WBF Secretariat as well as TR4TF members

were contacted by numerous members,

partners and governments to find

ways of collaboration.

Institutional support was obtained within

FAO to accelerate the WBF processes related with TR4, including the funds that allowed to

materialize the TR4GN.

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Overview of activities following the outbreakOn August 15, the TR4TF emitted a

communication on the phytosanitary alert for in Latin America and

the Caribbean, published on the WBF

website.

Given need to have quicker results, the

TR4GN was put in place through a preliminary but complete website

and mailbox ([email protected]), that now has more than

300 subscribers.

Today, the content of the website has been

widely shared and used by organizations in Latin America and

other regions of the world.

Since the emergency, several TR4TF calls

have been held and the TR4TF has grown with additional members

and support.

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Establishment of the TR4 Global Network



Background information on the establishment of the TR4GN

Objectives beginning 2020:• Final version TR4GN website online• TR4GN library created and online• First newsletter issued• Official launch of the TR4GN

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TR4GN documents – Process of validation

List of TR4GN documents

drafted during the summer in consultation

with the TR4TF.

The need for awareness-raising

materials and general guidance was stressed by several partners.

The content of the documents is

being extracted from all relevant

sources of information

available within and outside FAO.

The revision has been done

by the Secretariat and

the TR4 Task Force,

including FAO experts.

The idea is for this to serve as a baseline on top of all the already

created and upcoming documents by partners that will be centralised

and available on the TR4GN website.

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14 awareness-raising documents on the TR4GN and TR4• 0 – Corporate brochure on the TR4GN• 1 – General public brochure on TR4 and the TR4GN• 2 – Flyers TR4 and the TR4GN• 3 – Infographic facts about TR4• 3bis – Essentials steps to prevent the spread of TR4• 4 – Diagnosing TR4 : From field to lab• 5 – Prevention strategies• 6 – Poster for farmers• 6b – Poster visitors farms• 7 – Poster travelers• 7b – Poster industry actors: focus on export• 8 – Short version FAO travelers guide• 9 – Questionnaire: Are you ready to prevent the spread of TR4 on your farm?• 10 – Precautionary measures to combat TR4

2 general guidance document• 11: For governmental authorities and 12: For field practitioners

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- NEXT STEPS -

- First bulletin of the TR4GN.- Collection of content, news and information on events on TR4

to be disseminated through the website.- Further development of partnerships with key actors at

national, regional and international level.- Increase of the user base of the TR4GN.

LAUNCH OF THE TR4GN DURING FRUIT LOGISTICA IN FEBRUARY 2020

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Recent activities WG01

- Disseminating good practices for the

banana sector: follow-up on the activities

and work plan for the agroecological

practices subgroup.

- Reducing carbon and water footprints in

banana plantations: update on the

dissemination and capacity development

in Latin America and the Caribbean.

WORKING GROUP 02

Overview of recent

activities WG02

- WBF Living Wage Advocacy

Initiative (LIWIN)

- Observatory on Margins and

Prices

- Responsible business conduct,

due diligence processes and

corporate social responsibility

DC LDC

Side Meeting of the Subgroup on Covering Costs of Sustainable

Production (SG-CCSP)

Institutional support

Formal vs Informal Workers

Certification Schemes

Big plantations

Producers

Banana Importing Governments

Distributors / Importers

Retailers

Consumers

Banana Exporting Governments

Minimum wage setting

Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsible Business Conduct –suppliers in LDC

Competition Laws

Better prices

FAO WBF

NGOs DC

Worker repr

NGOs LDC

Legal Frameworks

Transparency COP

Transparency Wages

Self Assessment Tool

Auditing

Inst. Support

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Activities in Banana-Exporting Countries

1. Support establishment of a Living Wage Research Institute

2. Research and desk analysis to establish Living Wage benchmark studies

3. In-country review sessions and further meetings with relevant stakeholders

4. Training sessions for relevant stakeholders

5. Policy analysis and advocacy activities with government officials

6. Coordination of roundtable on living wages for governments of exporting countries

7. Facilitate tripartite commissions on wages in banana-exporting countries

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Activities in Banana-Importing CountriesGermany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands

1. Meetings with antitrust and competition law experts, to understand implications of retailers and companies working together to support the implementation of LW

2. National-level policy analysis and review of LW, corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct guidelines

FAO ongoing policy development processes

3. In-country bilateral and multi-stakeholder meetings with governments, companies / retailers, consumers and civil society organizations

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WORKING GROUP 03

Task Force on Gender Equity

Health and Safety of Workers

Banana Occupational Health and Safety Initiative (BOHESI)

Aims to improve the occupational health and safety (OHS) through:

• Manual on OHS for the banana industry (published in 2017)

• Education and trainings

• Strengthened OHS Committees / national tripartite commissions

• Advocacy activities (e.g. Ratification of ILO Convention 184)

Overview of recent

activities

- Occupational Health and

Safety: Cameroon, Costa Rica,

Ecuador and Ghana

- Decent Work Programme in

Dominican Republic

- Peru case study on successful

labour relations


Women in the Banana Export Industry

• Less than 1/5 of the global workforce

• Limited access to employment opportunities, reinforcing the gender pay gap

• Women-specific health and safety issues (e.g. pregnant / breastfeeding women)

• Gender-based violence and sexual harassment


Task Force Priorities 2018 – present

1. Women’s employment opportunities

2. Women’s empowerment

3. Gender pay gap

4. Health and safety

5. Sexual harassment and gender-based violence


Contributes to a better understanding of gender issues, while ensuring the active participation of women representatives in all decision-making processes that affect them

Four Global Meetings of Women Workers (Guayaquil 2012, Bonn 2015, Geneva 2017, Rome 2019)

Activities of the Task

Force on Gender

Equity

- Health and safety for women

workers within BOHESI framework

- Gender pay gap:

LIWIN and IDH Salary Matrix tool

- Dissemination of information on

the ILO Convention on violence

and harassment in the world of

work

Advocacy and Visibility unique opportunity

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2020Partnership GIZ - FAO

Events at Fruit Logistica 2020 (5-7 Feb 2020)

FAO – WBFGIZ - ABNB

Panel on Industry Sustainability at the Fresh

Produce Forum

TITLE: Can the banana industry trigger a new era of doing business?

The multi-stakeholder panel will discuss the banana industry efforts for global pre-competitive cooperation in order to achieve economic sustainability. A special focus will be placed on present activities aiming to enable a global approach to the issue of distribution of value and corporate responsability, where the role of diverse stakeholders will be debated.

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PANNELISTS:

• Exporting country government – Ecuadorian government. Minister of Agriculture or representative PROEcuador. (tbc)

• Importing country governments – European Commission delegate. Mr. Mizzi. (tbc)

• Trading organization –Chiquita • Producer organization – CORBANA (Mr Sandoval) • Retailers. Confirmation pending • Civil society organization. IUF

Presence at the WBF-ABNB stand


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Joint WBF-ABNB stand

• Presence at the stand duringthe 3 days of FL2020

• Sharing of WBF materialsand information

• Sharing of non-commercial information and materialsfrom WBF members

• Presence of WBF membersat the stand to promotemembership

• Teasing of the WBF4C• Q&A on the activities of the

WBF• Promotion of collaboration

between WBF and ABNB• Suggestions by members?

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Series of events during one day

Working Group 01

WG01 Panel proposal

1. Agroecological practices and water management• Video on Compagnie Fruitière organic banana

production, followed by Q&A• Examples of good practices in Water management,

possibly including: Varcli (Costa Rica), Chiquita, others?

2. Carbon and Water Footprint project• Short presentation provided by WBF on the project to

showcase the automated tool, preliminary results and upcoming activities.

Potential panelists• Paul Lievens, Banana Link• Compagnie Fruitière• WBF Secretariat • WWF?• Others to be defined?

TR4 Task Force

TR4 Session proposal

• Discussion panel between experts: Actions, prevention and awareness-raising on TR4. The importance of multi stakeholder collaborations.

• Official presentation of the TR4 Global Network (website, newsletter, library of materials and collaboration efforts).

Potential panelists

• Luud Clercx, Agrofair/ TR4 Task Force• Fazil Dusunceli, FAO AGPM• Martha María Ríos, WBF• Call of interest among TR4TF members

Working Group 02 and

Sub-Group Covering Costs of Sustainable Production

Topic proposal

• Is precompetitive cooperation possible in the

banana industry?

Potential panelists

• GLWC Representative

• European Commission or gov rep.

• Ecuadorian government

• Certification scheme rep

• Producers (e.g. Ecuador, Ghana, Costa Rica)

• Civil society representative

Working Group 03 and Task Force on Gender Equity

Topic proposal

• Success stories on occupational health and

safety and its impacts on decent work and

gender in the banana industry

Potential panelists

• Ecuadorian government

• Producers (e.g. Ecuador, Ghana, Costa Rica)

• Trade union representative

• Civil society representative

Fourth Global Conference of the WBF

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Potential venues and dates

• German government has given its approval in principle to host the WBF conference in the country

• Germany (Berlin)

• Last week of June (24-25 June)

• Minister of Agriculture to open it

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Objectives and expected outcomes

The Conference aims to strengthen collaboration among the stakeholders of the banana sector in order to make the value chain more sustainable.

It will focus on global collaboration, business and technical issues.

It will bring together experts and share the latest innovations on sustainable practices in banana production and trade. The themes for discussion include environmental impacts of the industry, sustainable production systems, distribution of value in the supply chain, labour rights, decent work and gender equity.

The conference will benefit everyone who has an interest in the banana sector -from producer and consumer organizations to governments, retailers, traders, NGOs, development agencies and research institutions.

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Strategy, topics and WBF outputs to be presented

In the WBF3C we had the following sessions:

• People at work WG03

• Sustainability: the global perspective and challenges WG01

• Compete and collaborate: Global collaboration in the WBF

• Future of bananas: Managing risks from threats of Fusarium wilt TR4

• How to achieve a fairer distribution of value?

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Strategy, topics and WBF outputs to be presented

Proposal for the WBF4C – List of topics:

• TR4

• Living Wages

• Health and Safety

• Agroecological practices and Carbon and Water Footprint

• Supporting the achievements of SDGs

• Climate Change: mitigation and adaptation

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Promotional activities

• 10 year anniversary of the WBF• Contact with key actors, special focus in Germany• Support from German members to contact their network• Contact with media partners in banana producing regions• Support from members in their regions to promote the

visibility of the conference

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Thank youVictor PradaWBF [email protected] and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationswww.fao.org

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