THIS IS HOW Banana grows in Ecuador: From Plantation To The Store

Everything you need to know about bananas: where they are grown, how they're harvested, how they're processed on the farm, and how they're delivered to the store. Learn answers to popular questions like why bananas are harvested green, what temperature is neededto store them, how much money a banana farm makes, and what a potato banana tastes like. To learn the whole truth about Ecuadorian bananas, Dmytro will meet Edward, a Ukrainian who works as the head of the quality control department in the "banana republic." They will go on a secret plantation inspection, during which Dmytro will learn how a single small scratch on one banana on a farm could destroy the entire shipment during transportation. In addition, the "World Inside Out" team will learn the peculiarities of tree processing and find out how such chemicals can be dangerous to human health and whether bananas on our store shelves are safe. Timestamps: *** 01:14 Meet Edward - our guide through banana business 03:12 Dmytro and Edward secretly visit one banana farm for an inspection. What could possible turn wrong here? 04:06 Everything you need to know how perfect banana plantation shouldn't look like 07:10 Meet Jorge Acosta - a pilot that suffered from everyday work with pesticides on banana plantation 15:35 Meet Franklin Torres - an owner of the plantation which Edward market as a good one. How Franklin deals with pesticides problem? How a good plantation should be managed? 19:40 Dmytro tries on his own how to be a plantation worker. He will try to deliver one bunch of bananas (about 50kg) to a farm for further processing. 22:57 a banana cableway: how bananas are delivered from plantation to farm 25:02 The entire on-farm process of turning banana into a made product for transportation to Ukraine. 33:31 Meeting Edward in the evening to cook a traditional Ukrainian meal - Borsch - but made with bananas. 36:15 The Center of the World Monument in Ecuador *** Dmytro Komarov is famous Ukrainian TV host and author of "The World Inside Out" alongside with Ukraininan filmmaker Oleksandr Dmytriev travel to countries that are not usually visited by tourist tours. They manage to go to places where a man has never set a foot and discover countries. Dmytro himself creates the route, learns the features of the new place in advance and tries to survive on his own in the practical primitive conditions. But the real thing is that he is actually trying to get used to the role of the natives, not just like a stranger but as part of the team, actively trying new crafts and ways of getting food, learning the local traditions and laws. Dmytro and Oleksandr have visited more than 20 countries, and without a doubt these were not passing journeys but thorough cultural studies. #Ecuador #worldinsideout #tribe