Spain: Farmers of La Palma devastated and ask for rise in banana price; lose 100% of the harvest

La Palma is the island of the Canary archipelago that produces the most bananas after Tenerife, 50% of its GDP comes from this fruit to which more than 5,300 producers dedicate themselves and about 10,000 families depend directly on its cultivation. But the lava that comes out of the new volcano of Cumbre Vieja has caused many crops to disappear and to these damages is added those that will now be caused by the ash. Something that has led palm farmers to request a rise in the price of bananas so as not to lose more than they are already losing. Gustavo is a farmer who has a banana farm in Fuencaliente, now an exclusion zone after being washed away by lava. He has been working in the banana plantations since he was 15 years old, it has never been easy for him, but now he can lose everything. "They are full of earth and ashes. It costs a lot to do the work. The most important thing is the pineapple and the moment we take it to the warehouse we are losing practically one hundred ...