Alistair Smith

Position

International coordinator

Organisation

Banana Link

Alistair Smith is international coordinator of Banana Link, set up in 1996 to campaign for a fair and sustainable banana trade. He is also a co-founder of the new World Banana Forum, created in 2009 as a space for governments, researchers and civil society to discuss the various problems facing the banana sector and work together to find common solutions.

Blog posts from this author

Where there's a political will...

16 July 2015

When it comes to making living wages a reality for all salaried workers, Ecuador provides a model which other countries would do well to emulate.

Banana industry's progress on living wages

6 November 2013

Retailers, major brands, governments and trade unions are starting to align in a push towards raising wages.

Crisis time for banana pricing?

31 October 2013

Does banana pricing in the UK leave producers and workers short-changed?

The long road to ethical bananas: Part 2

4 February 2011

"If in five years time, the majority of plantation workers have not noticed the difference that the Forum is making, then we can conclude that a promising initiative has failed."

The long road to ethical bananas: Part 1

17 January 2011

"A sustainable banana economy remains a distant goal. The good news is that this goal is now shared by most of the big players and a growing handful of governments - not just the trade unions and small farmers themselves."