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Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. In , Costa Rica, Philippines, and Brazil were the top three pineapple producers worldwide.
Costa Rica generated 3. Overall pineapple production in that year amounted to around Pineapple cultivation Pineapple cultivation is quite time intensive.
The fruit needs between 14 to 18 months before it reaches full maturity and is ready to harvest. Pineapples also grow best in tropical areas, which is why the vast majority of pineapples come from countries similar to Costa Rica in climate.
Pineapple consumption in the United States Pineapple can be consumed fresh or eaten alongside savory foods such as chicken, ham, or beef.
The average American consumed about 7. Canned pineapple is also widely available in the United States, though per capita consumption of canned fruit in general has decreased substantially between and Back to Know Your Commodity. Pineapple is the fruit-head of a tropical plant with long, sword-like leaves. Originally found growing wild in southern Brazil and Paraguay, pineapple was cultivated throughout South and Central America long before continental trade developed. Spanish sailors later brought pineapple to the Philippines, and then to Hawaii in the sixteenth century.
The first Hawaiian pineapple plantation was established in on the island of Oahu. From the s to the s, the Hawaiian islands were major producers of the exotic fruit. Soon after, other tropical regions began to grow and sell the fruit much cheaper—and without delays due to long-distance shipping—gaining a significant share of the market. Most U. According to the law, people working with pesticides are only allowed to work for 6 hours a day, but workers are often engaging in longer hours.
Moreover, the poor environmental practice of both national and international producers is leading to environmental problems of contamination of local aquifers and groundwater, soil erosion, sedimentation and deforestation. Many local communities have also had their natural sources of drinking water contaminated, for example in the communities of El Cairo, La Francia and Luisiana in the Southern Atlantic zone of Costa Rica where over 6, people have to rely on government tanks to deliver drinking water supplies to the affected region.
Health impacts such as skin diseases, respiratory problems, gastric illnesses and birth defects have also been reported in local communities. Their CSR reports give the impression that they take really good care of their workers. They pay them far above the minimum wage, as well as providing them with significant benefits, such as housing, transport and education.
That, of course, is wonderful. Read Report. This research was commissioned by Consumers International as part of an EC funded project to raise awareness amongst European consumers of the impact that supermarket supply chain policies can have on producers, workers and communities in developing countries; and to help bring about positive change.
Read More. New research just published by the Dutch Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations SOMO reveals a pattern of recurring labour right violations on farms certified by almost all the well-known sustainability certification initiatives, such as Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance. For their report — Looking good on paper: Review of recent research on the impact of sustainability certication on working conditions on large farms — SOMO reviewed published evidence about the effectiveness of sustainability certification initiatives on labour conditions at large-scale farms in low- and middle-income countries from While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pineapple workers, their families and communities, and the environment in the largest pineapple producing nations have not enjoyed the benefits of such growth.
These groups conducted fi eld research on pineapple plantations and processing facilities. Cheap labor and pesticides mean low prices in Western Europe.
The fruits are cheap because costs are cut in the production countries — affecting wages and health factors. It is in this very country, however, where workers on plantations complain about a lack of rights. Pineapples are grown and harvested here in vast monoculture plantations using huge amounts of pesticides. Pineapple is the latest bargain offer in supermarkets, but the true cost is paid in the countries where it is produced.
Costa Rica is one of the most beautiful countries in the world but land and water are being polluted by industrial scale agriculture. We imagine Costa Rica as a tropical Paradise, Heaven on Earth…but Pura Vida exposes the social and environmental impact of toxic agro-chemicals used to grow bananas and pineapples for export to Europe. Scottish artist, Jan Nimmo, travels to Costa Rica to meet Carlos Arguedas Mora, trade unionist and passionate environmental campaigner and Dr Catharina Wesseling, a scientist with a long track record of researching agro-chemicals and their effects on workers.
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