Tag: banana production

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Ecuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency

  

  Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Colombia declares banana production farm in quarantine due to fear of fungus

  

  A Colombian banana production farm near the Venezuelan border has been declared under quarantine after the possible outbreak of a lethal fungus has been detected, local authorities acknowledged Monday.