Edible musaceae, banana and plantain, are in imminent danger of disappearing due to the proximity of infectious foci of uncontrolled Panama disease present in Venezuela, Peru and Colombia, where their arrest has not succeeded due to the continuous land mobilization of exiled walkers, on foot or in vehicles transporting the remains of soil and vegetables , an ideal means of propagation. There are no effective measures to neutralize it, as evidenced by its rapid spread from Asia to the American continent.

Since its existence in America was confirmed in 2019, missions of distinguished experts and researchers have visited the country, developing credible training work. Internally, the efforts of the College of Agronomists of Guayas, which reinforce this patriotic mission with seminars held in the producing provinces, have been recognized. According to our understanding, this previous phase has already been completed and the branch ministry has implemented limited actions, similar to those applied in countries that are victims of terrible evil.

The total solution is in the political sphere, in the belief that they have state powers to prevent and control it., primarily about the consequences that inaction would bring to the economy and social peace due to the reduction of exports and unemployment that its progress would cause. Miguel Dita, a student of this subject, was right when he substantiated his concern about the migration flow that would occur and the inconvenience that this fact would cause to developed countries, especially the USA, assessing that if the impact that he experienced in the 1960s occurs and in the 1970s, when thousands of hectares of Gros Michel bananas disappeared, in the current Cavendish varieties with tropical race 4, the migration volume would reach 12.8 million unemployed Latin Americans.

Optimism was reborn when on July 23, 2021, the Government ordered the COE to take over the operations necessary to control the fungus, then approved a national strategy for the prevention, detection and control of Fusarium R4T with phytosanitary management and disease control in the event that it seems to announce comfortable funding, starting with the import of resistant varieties; But what happens is that the relevant government agencies lack resources, and there is no way to stop access across the northern and southern borders.

On the other hand, the unstoppable march of a bacterial disease called moko, as serious as Fusarium but manageable, has been discovered, with sources of contamination in bananas and banana trees in El Carmen Canton of Manabita, which require urgent attention, with the advantage that there are biostimulants that have had an excellent response in the places where they have been used, paving the way for the recovery of partially or fully conquered areas, with greater sharpness in plantain, a staple product for food security, which also contributes to exports.

Because of the aforementioned, the COE is subject to political responsibility with the control and sanction of the National Assembly. (OR)