Essays on Banana

The globalization of bananas is an example of how transnational corporations, like Chiquita, Dole, and Del Monte, are connected to governments, international economic institutions, and non-government organizations. This phenomenon, although relatively new in theory, has historical roots. As of 2009, bananas have become textbook examples of tropical fruit commodities that are part of the globalization…

Edible bananas originated in the Indo-Malaysian region reaching to northern Australia. They were known only by hearsay in the Mediterranean region in the 3rd Century B.C., and are believed to have been first carried to Europe in the 10th Century A.D. Early in the 16th Century, Portuguese mariners transported the plant from the West African…