Asian Workers; Pineapples grown by small growers who sell their harvest to a processing plant. Labourers picking Pineapple crop Petchaburi Thailand
Most of the million tones of pineapple produced annually is processed, canned, packaged and exported overseas. As of 2000, Thailand had 17% of the world pineapple production market, and over 40% of the exports of canned pineapple. 95% of Thailand's pineapple is grown on small, privately owned farms ranging from 1-5 hectares in size. In total, about 100,000 hectares spread over 13 provinces are devoted to growing pineapples, with concentrations in the east and west coasts of the Gulf of Thailand. These small growers then sell their harvest to a processing plant. Big business relies on this subcontracted labor to supply the pineapple to be processed, and can generally fix whatever price they want as farmers have few options to whom to sell their harvest.
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Location: Petchaburi province, Thailand
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