The plan was presented on November 26. The Banana and Banana Cluster already coordinates actions with government institutions
The strategic plan for the prevention, detection and control of the Fusarium race 4 plague (FOC R4T), which the President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, presented on November 26, in Guayaquil, has a budget of $ 400 million for the next five years.
Government presented the national strategy against Fusarium race 4 (FOCR4T)
This was revealed by the Ecuador Banana and Banana Cluster through a press release. Your inter-union coordinator, Juan Jose Pons, he is also a counselor to honor of President Lasso on issues of musaceae.
As for the plan, it foresees in the event that the plague, which has already been detected in Colombia and Peru, arrives in the country, the activation of the 1800 AGRO-00 telephone line, the Agro mobile applications and the single line of the ECU911, among other measures, among which is a regional financial support plan for small fruit producers.
In this framework, the Banana and Banana Cluster of Ecuador, together with directors of BanEcuador, representatives of the Musaceae Strengthening area of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Associations of Small Producers of Musaceae (which are part of the Cluster), maintained a meeting to evaluate and review the current credit requirements for small farmers, whose production chain generates at least 250,000 direct and 50,000 indirect jobs.
Four technical tables will define a plan to stop the entry of Fusarium Race 4
“These actions demonstrate the commitment that the union maintains with the entire production chain. Through the development of alliances, projects and planning, we seek to meet all the needs of producers and strengthen the banana and banana industry in the country “, said Pons during the meeting, in which he also emphasized that it is time to join efforts and prevent that the FOC R4T enters Ecuadorian territory.
After the meeting, the representatives of each institution agreed to implement regional plans that benefit small producers. (I)
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