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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 22 Extreme events by season
Beginning of rains
Main rainy season
End of rains
Early dry season
Late dry season
El Carmen
Quevedo
Guabo
Machala
Agroban
Heavy rains or prolonged droughts
Total drought
Heavy rains Niño
Dry spells – Excessive light
Heavy rain – Niño
Intense cold
Heavy rain El Niño
Heavy rain El Niño
Increased light and heat
Heavy rains
El Niño
Heavy rains/El Niño
Heavy rains and heat from El Niño
Heavy rains El Niño
Heavy rains El Niño
Drought and heat Heavy rains El Niño
Source: Authors’ elaboration, based on data from focal groups
Table 23 Management adjustments made in response to seasonal changes: focal group results
Beginning of rains
Main rainy season
End of rains
Early dry season
Late dry season
RAINFED PLANTAIN
El Carmen
Cold and low light
• Fertilization • Dehanding – fewer hands
• Dehanding – fewer hands
• Bag for bunch with more perforations
• More applications for BS – use of systemic fungicides
• Reduced fertilization
• Supplementary irrigation
• Reduced applications BS
BANANA
• No fertilization • Dehanding –
more hands
• Soluble fertilizer with irrigation
• Foliar fertilizers
• Dehanding – more hands
• Bag for bunch
with fewer
perforations • Decreased
deleafing with increased partial leaf surgery
Heavy rains
Droughts
Winds
• Drainage canal maintenance
• •
Soluble fertilizer with irrigation Application
of micro- organisms
• Dehanding – more hands
Source: Authors’ elaboration, based on data from focal groups
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