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Aktionsbündnis für nachhaltige Bananen

Action Alliance For Sustainable Bananas

Meet the ABNB at Fruit Logistica 2020!

published on 04.02.2020

The ABNB will be present at FRUIT LOGISTICA from 5 to 7 February 2020!

FRUIT LOGISTICA is the global trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector and covers all fresh produce business units and market participants worldwide.

The ABNB will be present at a joint stand with the World Banana Forum and will also organise the following public events:

6th Febuary 2020

CityCube Berlin, Level 3, Room M4+M5

09:15 – 10:15
Climate change adaptation and mitigation: successes and lessons learned from sustainable banana production
  • Banana Link – Paul Lievens, Policy & Communications Officer of Banana Link
  • CIAO (Inter-American Committee on Organic Agriculture) – Ing. Rommel Betancourt, President
  • COLSIBA – Gilbert Bermudez, International Coordinator
  • Compagnie Fruitiere – Paul Bouzon, CSR Manager
  • Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment – Raúl Clemente Ledesma Huerta, Minister of Environment of Ecuador
  • One Banana/Agroamérica – Robert Adams, President of One Banana
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10:30 – 11:30

Is pre-competitive cooperation possible in the banana industry? 
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – Till Ludwig, Advisor, Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains and Standards
  • Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) – Xavier Lazo, Minister of Agriculture Ecuador
  • German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – Sebastian Lesch, Head of Unit – International agricultural policy, Agriculture, Innovation
  • IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative – Sonia Cordera, Senior Program Manager Fresh & Ingredients

11:40 – 12:40

Is pre-competitive cooperation possible in the banana industry? 
  • ABNB – Daniel May, Secretary
  • COLSIBA – Gilbert Bermudez, International Coordinator
  • Compagnie Fruitiere – Jerome Fabre, Executive Chairman
  • Fairtrade International – Wilbert Flinterman, Senior Advisor, Workers’ Rights and Trade Union Relations
  • Rainforest Alliance – Anny Stoikova, Global Lead, Living Wage
  • Reybanpac – Leonardo Viteri Andrade, Vice-President
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13:45 – 15:15
Global collaboration to tackle Fusarium TR4
  • Agrofair – Luud Clercx, Project manager
  • ASBAMA – José Francisco Zúñiga, President
  • AUGURA – Emerson Aguirre Medina, President
  • COLEACP – Morag Webb, Special Advisor
  • CIRAD – Thierry Lescot, Agronomist
  • Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) – Patricio Almeida, Executive Director Agrocalidad
  • FAO – Fazil Dusunceli, Agricultural Officer (Plant Pathology) for the Plant Production and Protection Division
  • Fyffes – Hugo Hays, Global Director Food Safety and Compliance
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15:30 – 17:00
Improving occupational health and safety in the global banana industry – lessons from multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Association of Small Banana Producers “El Guabo” (ASOGUABO) – Lianne Zoeteweij, Administrator/CEO
  • Banana Link – Anna Cooper, Project Coordinator
  • COLSIBA – Adela Torres, General Secretary of SINTRAINAGRO
  • Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) – Robert Córdova, Deputy Secretary of Marketing
  • Golden Exotics Ltd. – George Kporye, Corporate Affairs and Administration Manager
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