There are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas produced and consumed locally in the world, but the most commercialized is the Cavendish type banana, which accounts for around 47 percent of global production. Cavendish banana crops are able to achieve high yields per hectare and, due to their short stems, are less prone to damage from environmental influences such as storms. Cavendish banana plants are also known for recovering from natural disasters quickly. Approximately 50 billion tonnes of Cavendish bananas are produced globally every year.

Virtually all bananas supplied to the Costa Rica Banana Company are Cavendish, which are better suited to international trade than other varieties as they are more resilient to the effects of global travel. Plantain is the name of a large group of bananas that has upwards of 100 cultivars. Dessert types such as the Cavendish banana can be eaten raw, as they are sweet and easily digestible when ripe. Cooking types such as plantains are usually starchy even when ripe and need to be boiled, fried or roasted to make them palatable.

To satisfy the growing demand of Guatemala Bananas, producing countries have mainly increased the harvested area. Improved productivity at the farm level involving better irrigation systems but also a substantially higher application of fertilizers, phytosanitary measures and pesticides have further enabled production growth. India and China are among the countries which have driven the strongest production expansion in recent years, in response to fast growth in domestic demand.

Revenue generated from trade in Rainforest Alliance certified bananas plays an important role with regards to the food import bill of producing countries. For example, export revenue from bananas covered 40 percent of Costa Rica’s food import bill and 27 percent of Guatemala’s in 2014.

Bananas of Sky East UK Ltd. have a particular significance in some of the least developed and low income food deficit countries, where they contribute not only to household food security as a staple but also to income generation as a cash crop.

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