Peruvian organic banana maintains price, but suffers from falling volumes and lack of water

, but poor water management in the Chira Valley zone (Piura), the traditional nucleus of Peruvian exports. This was pointed out by the general manager of the Association of Small Organic Banana Producers of Samán and Annexes (APPBOSA), Aingeru García San Martín, who indicated that there was preference for rice farmers, leaving banana producers without water for more than three months. "Most producers could not irrigate even once during that time. This drought has been the most critical, but it is also worrying that, continuously for three years, areas have been lost due to Fusarium, a disease whose advance is increasingly greater and threatens to expand even further," he explained. Despite this "fatal" volume scenario, as the manager describes it, organic banana prices in Peru have remained notably stable. "APPBOSA works under Fair Trade and SPP standards, with minimum prices of US$ 13.95 and US$ 13.90 per box respectively, plus an additional dollar of social premium. For organic ...