date:Oct 26, 2012
sigatoka in Guayaquil.
Marn explained it is necessary for the Government, through the National Finance Corporation, to incorporate a credit line for the banana sector, which will allow the purchase of chemicals to combat the fungus and rehabilitate farms.
However, Marun recognized the producers are going through other types of problems. The price for the banana box ($ 5.50) has been frozen for four years, while they have had to overcome the increases in basic wages for workers, which was 10%