Ecuador banana growers warn of national strike
"Monday we will attend a meeting with the minister, and if there´s no solution, we will take action,” said Segundo Solano, president of the Asociacion de Bananeros Orenses (ABO).
Solano stated that they would raise the banana ban proposal, “we pay a tax of two cents per box, with that money they should create a fund to buy the fruit from producers to avoid speculation, to stabilize the internal and external market.”
The fruit could be distributed to needy sectors or sent to other countries suffering from food shortages. “The ban means we will not export any boxes, and all production players shall collaborate. We must seek the mechanism until the market is regulated,” added Byron Paredes, president of the Banana Producers of Ecuador.
Source: ecuadortimes.net
