Ecuador calls for a Latin American meeting on bananas on January 12

Published Jan 4, 2022

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The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pedro Álava González, has called for a virtual meeting with his counterparts from Guatemala, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica on January 12. The meeting aims to address the challenges of high production costs in the musaceae industry and devise strategies to combat the tropical Fusarium Race 4 plague (Foc R4T). The summit will strive to align views on the rising costs of packaging materials, fertilizers, and other inputs, affecting producers, exporters, and nations.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pedro Álava González, summoned his counterparts from the main countries in the region that export bananas and other musaceae, to hold a virtual meeting on January 12, to analyze and resolve a joint position against the high production costs. The meeting also seeks to define strategies to combat the tropical Fusarium Race 4 plague (Foc R4T) in the region. "The Ministers of Agriculture of Guatemala, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama and Costa Rica are invited to this meeting," the Ministry said in a statement. The note adds that Álava González considered that it is necessary to have a common position regarding production costs, caused among other reasons by the rise, outside the inflationary rhythm, of the value of packaging materials, fertilizers and more inputs. The ...

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