The Ecuadorian government plans to implement measures that will cut
back the country’s banana-growing surface area by 15,000-20,000ha in
2013, newspaper El Telegrafo reported.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fishing
(MAGAP) said the decision was already made, with the goal of controling
the fruit’s supply and its quality.
The story reported Ecuador has around 230,000ha of the fruit planted, but only 170,000ha are registered.
MAGAP zone 5 coordinator Carlos Vélez told the newspaper the actions
against growers who have exceeded limits will be as the law demands.
“The banana sector cannot support more hectares of fruit, so the
measure is to control illegal plantations or increases in cultivated
hectares,” he was quoted as saying.
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