Banana Accompanying Measures - BAM

A regional seminar focusing on the Banana Accompanying Measures was held in Accra, Ghana on the 25-27 January 2012.

Yves Leenaerts attended the event and interviewed colleagues to share their expertise and insights. This video contains interviews with CIRAD economist Denis Loeillet, who discusses the current situation of the European banana market, and an interview with CIRAD Agonomist Thierry Lescot, who explains the problem of the banana fungus sigatoka, and offers possible solutions.

The video below contains an interview with Huub Van Den Broek, Manager of the Volta River Estates Plantation, and includes discussion on why the plantation evolved from Fair Trade to Organic Fair Trade production.