Green Gold
Bananas and Dependency in the Eastern Caribbean
Green Gold looks at the history and future prospects for the banana industry in four Caribbean islands: Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent. It focuses on conditions for the small farmers and includes a study of Geest PLC, the company solely responsible for distributing Windward bananas in Britain.
Published: 1987
Pages: 96
eBook: 9781899365814
Paperback: 9780906156261
| Statistical profile of the Eastern Caribbean | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | |||
| Enslavement | |||
| From sugar to bananas | |||
| Bananas and communism | |||
| Towards independence | |||
| Winds of change | |||
| 'Persistent poverty' | |||
| 1 The international banana market | |||
| The producers | |||
| The markets | |||
| The multinationals | |||
| The international banana industry: future prospects | |||
| 2 Geest: Paternalism and profits | |||
| The early years: from bulbs to bananas | |||
| We have no bananas | |||
| Quotas, tariffs and a guaranteed market | |||
| Thirty years of expansion: minimising risks, maximising profits | |||
| The Growers' Associations | |||
| Land | |||
| Bad publicity | |||
| The final sell-off | |||
| A safe harbour | |||
| The Economic League | |||
| GeestPLC | |||
| Mutual dependency? | |||
| 3 Banana work: How the Caribbean farmer earns his 'ten per cent' | |||
| A risky business | |||
| Fieldpacking | |||
| From port to shop | |||
| Who takes the risks? | |||
| 4 Case studies | |||
| St Lucia | |||
| Dominica | |||
| Grenada | |||
| Conclusion | |||
| Alternatives | |||
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