The Association of Packaging, Exporting, and Marketing Entities of La Palma Fruits (Asepalma) has requested this Friday in the Parliament of the Canary Islands a “final push” of just over 223 million euros to “finish” the agricultural reconstruction in the Aridane Valley following the eruption of the Tajogaite volcano. In an appearance before the Justice and Governance committee, one of its members, Hernán Rodríguez, highlighted that “all” the banana growers “already have the value of the losses, the people have money in their accounts” and now it is a matter of “getting back what they had, the banana farms.” Along those lines, he pointed out that it is necessary to “finish” since of the 239 hectares that existed before the eruption, there are already 89 hectares reconstructed or under construction, which represents 37% and a total of 437 plots since the accesses are open. “We are farmers, we want to go back to our farms, to our lives, and that just as our parents, our ...