Ecuador is the world’s biggest exporter of bananas, accounting for about one third of global shipments in 2017, according to FAO. Bananas make up 10% of Ecuador’s exports in value terms, and representing over 6% of the world’s total banana production.

It has 5,000 growers, from small farmers to medium-sized and large-scale growers, and with some 200 exporting companies, including the big multinationals.

Ecuador is the only country in the world to impose a mandatory minimum official price to be paid to farmers.