LA LIMA.
With the rich land and the rich food, the national production of banana will possibly reach the crisis more serious than its recent history, it is three months of the impact of the hurricane devastators Eta and Iota need an immediate support to resurrect.
In November 2020 -just the month of natural disasters- the sector producer generation 483.4 million dollars in terms of exports, significantly higher – an inter-annual increase of 17.3%, as a result of the best of 23.6% in the international price , increased by 5.1% in exported volume, reported Banco Sentraal (BCH).
Historically, United States next to it is the main receptor of the Honduran fruit, with 98% of the external sales.
Caused by floods originating from the hurricanes, producers estimate that 82% of the finches are lost, that is, 2,522 hectares.
According to the palm tree operator and banana maker Héctor Castro, the producers urgently need the authorities of Gobierno, is Invest-H, or the Executive Committee for the Control of Inundations in the Valley of Sula, repair the border and carriage infrastructure that houses the agricultural production facilities.
“While not repairing this basic flood control system, we can restore the banana cultivation plant,” said Castro.
Debited on the days used by the floods, the manufacturers are ready to resort to recovery.
For example, vereisideraar for at least one subway of the column, since the actual state impacts the compaction, which results in a loss for the growth, productivity and quality of the plant.
The cost to renovate the roundabout between 18,500 and 18,600 dollars per hectare, which is rising in addition to 40 million dollars (millionths of lempiras) in all affected hectares.
The financial assistance sector is open to the public, since there are countermeasures, considering that since then the plant has been working hard until recently.
It means that the disasters in the También also have 400,000 pieces of work suspended in the sector, between the areas of siembra, cosecha and empaque de la fruta, asseguró Castro.
“If you are now aware of the enormous social tragedy that is taking place at this time in the agro in the valley of Sula”, says the producer.
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3 Sections of the sector: Fruit means the main producer of divisions for the national agricultural sector. 1- Support the region. The banana industry of Latin America exported approximately 237 million banana boxes to North America in 2020. Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru are central production areas for industry, as Mexico and the Dominican Republic . 2- Contribution to GDP. For its generation of jobs and divisions in terms of exports, banana is the main product of the agricultural sector in Honduras. Most of the fruit produced in Yoro, Colón y Cortés is destined for the external sale to the United States. 3- Respaldo to Honduras. In international media, the executives of Dole and Chiquita reiterate the vision of a multinational company to be trusted in Honduras and Guatemala, in front of the adversaries. Ambas employs more than 100 years of operations in Central America. |
Compromise
The authorities of the Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG) tax losses of millionaires due to the lack of exports by many months.
Ante ello, the title of the SAG, Mauricio Guevara Pinto, was compromised and given “all the impetus required for the banana sector in view of the economic recovery plan that the Government of Honduras plants”.
“We will not have a definite number, but if the banana sector declines, it will be a major blow to the economy,” he said.
Transnational
The portal Fruitnet Media International interview días atrás a Carlos López Flores, President of 2018 Chiquita, who recently received a trip to Central America to certify the devastation provoked by Eta and Iota in the banana sector.
The executive warns that in addition to the humanitarian crisis, the resulting loss in fruit production will impact the international market in the coming months.
Many families have been displaced and now there are difficult living conditions, creating a serious humanitarian crisis that has been more challenging for the pandemic”, Dijo López Flores.
“All our agricultural operations and communities were thoroughly affected, including more than the original estimate, which resulted in a limited banana production in the foreseeable future. It will require a significant inversion of funds and time to reconstruct the affected areas, ”the executive warned.
According to López Flores, the production losses affected the banana farmer’s chain for all of the region’s producers, which has provoked scandals and high prices in the Canadian market.
Maynor Velásquez, gerente general de Aprobana. |
In the case of Chiquitahas been looking for various alternatives to complement with the program compromises, which it has taken that the fruit is available from other markets to cover the vacation given by Honduras and Guatemala.
As a result, the stadium company has been working hard to adapt to the new rolling stock, logistics operations and interior transportation requirements. “We are committed to implementing a charge to cover the cost of attending our main contracts in the stadium market, and it is equivalent to a relatively small increase in the price of a minor. banana”, Explained.
“We have to redistribute our summit’s chain of alternative abatement countries like Ecuador, which is the mayor’s banana exporter of the world, giving the fruits of the fruit and increased disproportionate manner.
Medardo Galindo, President of the FPX. |
Thus, the Produce Business UK portal interviewed finalists Renato Acuña Delcore, president of Dole Fresh Fruit International, who said the industry estimates a 20% loss in the volume of fruit destined for EE UU is due to the registered persons in Honduras and Guatemala.
For this year, the global industry anticipates a loss of more than 40 million quays between the Central American countries, for which an inversion will be required to regain normal levels.
“The company was operating in Honduras for 120 years and has all the intention to reconstruct and continue being one of the main employers and exporters of the country “, says Acuña Delcore.