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chapter 4: assessment of climate change impact on banana production and suitability in ecuador, and general assessment of global banana trends under climate change scenarios
Table 18 Responses of five focal groups to a question about the variabilty of weather conditions from one year to the next
Grower group (number of participants in parentheses)
Mostly normal years
Every 6-10 years (events which disturb routine management)
Every 2-5 years (events which disturb routine management)
Each year is different
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1. El Carmen – small 0 plantain growers:
FENAPROPE : (17)
2. Quevedo – médium 0 banana growers:
Aprobanec (19)
3. Guabo – banana 100 growers: Asoguabo (8)
4. Machala – banana 0 growers (9)
5. Guayas – large 100 growers of bananas
Agroban (5)
Source: Authors’ elaboration, based on data from focal groups
7 0 93
7 21 72
0 0 0
100 0 0
0 0 0
of Russia, exports decreased by 2 percent during the first six months of the year, when Russian demand shifted to Costa Rica as a source of bananas. Exports to the United States were 3 percent lower in the same period (Freshfruitportal.com, 2010; Marco Trade News, 2010; Frutrop online, 2010).
In conclusion, four of the seven drops in Ecuador’s banana exports - analysed for the period 1961-2011 - are related to climatic events, mainly from floods or low temperatures associated with El Niño and La Niña. Following the weather events, trade restrictions (especially by the EU) and variations in international commodity prices resulted in variations in banana exports (Table 24).
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