Our planting partners
Meet the faces behind the bananas of Guadeloupe and Martinique: passionate producers committed to sustainable and responsible agriculture.
The Union of Banana Producer Groups of Guadeloupe and Martinique (UGPBAN)brings together all the banana producers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. United within a cooperative, their 600 family farms guarantee farming practices at the cutting edge of agronomic sciences, guaranteeing traceability and quality for the consumer.
As the largest private employer in Guadeloupe and Martinique, the sector plays a key role in preserving local employment. Nearly 10,000 direct and indirect jobs are thus generated. These men and women who are committed and work together to guarantee quality, sustainable and responsible agricultural production!
In order to ensure optimal quality and traceability of our raw materials, included in the composition of our Banana Bio-actives, and because we share the vision of a caring, inclusive economy which preserves and shares,100% of Martinique producers are shareholders in our company via BANAMART.
We work closely with these producers aligned with the values of KADALYS, for their innovative know-how at the cutting edge of agronomic sciences but also with respect for the environment and people. Their good practices thus guarantee the production of an exemplary, quality, clean and sustainable banana, which is used in the formulation of our precious certified organic cosmetic active ingredients with proven effectiveness.
SAINTE MARIE – MARTINIQUE
LOUIS DANIEL BERTHOME
LE FRANCOIS - MARTINIQUE
President, Martinique Chamber of Agriculture
The Sustainable Banana plan,Working for the Earth, People and the economy.
Committed to revolutionizing agriculture,the Banana sector of Guadeloupe & Martiniqueimplemented in December 2008the Sustainable Banana Plan, established in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and local authorities. The objective of the sector is to “work for the Earth, People and the economy” through the creation of IT2 (Tropical Technical Institute), collaboration with CIRAD (French Research Center specializing in fruits tropical) and the work of producers, to reinvent the vision of agriculture and implement a sustainable and responsible model.
COMMITTED TO THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY
In order to produce the most virtuous and cleanest banana, strictly meeting French and European standards, the Guadeloupe & Martinique banana sector invests in innovation and continues to evolve its practices to preserve natural resources.
Thanks to these good practices, the banana plantations of Guadeloupe and Martinique today constitute a refuge for many animal species. There are 214 species of insects, twice as many species of birds* in 10 years. Now this biodiversity protects crops.
*CIHENCE 2015 study
Image credit: UGPBAN / Banane de Guadeloupe & Martinique