date:Feb 26, 2014
s on poverty-level income for the people who grow it, said Foundation chief executive Michael Gidney.
Mr Gidney said in a letter to Business Secretary Vince Cable the price of a kilo of loose bananas had fallen from 1.08 in 2002 to 68p.
He added: The pressure on price means no one in the supply chain - retailers, banana companies or growers - are able to adequately invest in improving the sustainability of the banana industry.