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Itâs a matter of time before Ecuador s banana crop gets hit by Fusarium Fusarium and bananas have a several decade-long history together. The Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense Tropical Race 4 fungus (TR4) has already affected some twenty countries and now poses a threat to the entire banana and plantain industry of Ecuador as well. A cure has not yet been found. âThe banana is Ecuadorâs second largest export product after raw petroleum and if banana exports would be hit, the impact would be huge,â says Hugo Castro of GinaFruit. In Latin America, the TR4 variant of the fusarium disease was first detected in Colombia in 2019 and just a couple of weeks ago in Peru. Ecuador has plantations less than 300 kilometers from the northern Peru region where the fungus was confirmed on April 12. Machala, the capital of El Oro Province and the commercial heart of Ecuador s main banana producing region is just 45 minutes away from the Peruvian border. âItâ ....
World's 4th largest banana producer, Brazil is alert to 'pandemic' in the field affecting crops riotimesonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from riotimesonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The banana as we know it is in trouble. Emerging reports suggest the fruit’s deadliest disease has been spotted in Peru and Venezuela, two of the world’s largest exporters of bananas. Following Colombia’s confirmed infections in 2019, it appears the disease is spreading through Latin America, and biosecurity measures meant to contain the pathogen have been unsuccessful. Much in the way the world was caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the banana industry is ill-prepared for what is poised to be a catastrophic wipeout of commercial bananas. Hope rests heavily on a newly developed genetically modified banana variety, which promises to save our banana from commercial extinction, but it may not be that simple. ....
Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results May 5, 2021 GMT CORAL GABLES, Fla. (BUSINESS WIRE) May 5, 2021 Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (NYSE: FDP), (“Fresh Del Monte” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2021. Financial highlights for the first quarter of 2021: Gross profit was $105.0 million for the first quarter of 2021, which represents an increase of 53%, compared with the prior year period, and gross profit margin increased to 10% in the first quarter of 2021, compared with 6% in the prior year period; ....