Grupo ECOBAN’s banana plastic recycling plant was inaugurated on 10 February. Plastic used in the production is collected, cleaned, granulated and melted into corner boards. More than 2,000 containers can be exported with corner boards made of recycled plastic, each year. Worldwide, an estimated 500 thousand hectares of bananas are grown for export, which equates to 1 billion plastic bunch bags hung around the bunches (about 20,000 tonnes), each year.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of AgroFair, we are pleased to invite you to our online event: ‘The future of bananas and Fairtrade’.

This event will be organized to bring to the table the most important issues for the Latin American Fairtrade and organic banana industry and the impact of European policies and market conditions on its cultivation and trade.

When: Wednesday 13th of October at 4 p.m. (Brussels time)

It’s a quarter of a century since Fairtrade bananas first appeared on supermarket shelves in Europe. They were imported by AgroFair. CEO Hans-Willem van der Waal reflects on 25 years of partnering with Fairtrade – and why, despite the challenges, he’s optimistic about the future.

We very much want to wish everybody a “happy banana day”!
The banana is a true world food, consumed universally as a necessity of life and recognised in the developed world as a healthy and nutritious convenience food.

This week AgroFair was startled by the news that a first case of the banana fungal disease Foc TR4 has been identified in Peru. Foc TR4 is a mutant that is the first to be able to attack the Cavendish banana.

As a result of the pandemic, banana producers suffered strong obstacles in the production. Banana importer AgroFair, know of the Oké banana, extends its voluntary additional payment to cover Covid-costs of its producers

From February 1 2021, when you choose an All Good banana, it’ll not only be Fairtrade but also certified carbon neutral.

AgroFair has decided to pay $ 0.05 per box of bananas as a voluntary contribution to our producers for unexpected costs they have incurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recently, AgroFair’s founder, the Dutch NGO Solidaridad, sold the last remaining part of its shares in our company.