date:Jul 17, 2013
t is highly resistant to pesticides applied in the control of the black Sigatoka disease, a pest that is already in Brazil. Banana plantations in Ecuador are sprayed 40 times a year with chemical pesticides, four times more than in Brazil, they said.
The minister met with representatives of the National Confederation of Banana (CONABAN) and producer associations of the Ribeira Valley, So Paulo, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais and Bahia on Thursday. According to Sandra Kennedy, from the Consortium