/PRNewswire/ After two years of virtual fun, Banana Loca and West Chester University are throwing a very "ap-peeling" National Banana Day party on campus..
Ecuador s banana sector seeks to strengthen its relationship with Asia
The Ecuadorian banana sector demonstrated its resilience capacity in 2020, growing by 5.6% despite the issues brought by the global health crisis. However, as its representatives expressed at a virtual press conference on Tuesday, it continues to work to broaden its commercial horizons, especially in Asia. The European Union continues to be our largest market, followed by Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, Asia is decreasing, said Jose Antonio Hidalgo, representative of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE). In the first quarter of this year, exports to the Asian market decreased by almost 28% over the same period of the previous year.
Venezuela: Unconfirmed Fusarium alert worries banana sector
The Fusarium Race 4 has once again put the region on alert, this time due to an unconfirmed alarm of the presence of the fungus in Venezuela. On April 7, there already was a detection in Peru.
Kléber Sigüenza, director of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Second Zone of Ecuador, said this in a statement last Tuesday, during a virtual conversation between the banana cluster and the media.
Another topic of the conversation was the Banana Day event. Juan José Pons, coordinator of the banana cluster, stated that 538 people from 38 countries connected to the Banana Day program, where topics were broadcast highlighting the importance of the Latin American banana industry and specifically Ecuador. There was also time for a discussion on Fusarium Race 4 and the actions taken to prevent it.