Page 9 - Ecuador's Banana Sector under Climate Change

LIST OF TABLES
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Production of bananas in Ecuador by province, 2012 (metric tonnes) 20
Banana farm size distribution and average yields in Ecuador 20
Main banana field and packing plant operations 21
Input use by organic and conventional banana plantations in Ecuador 23
Cost of production for three conventional banana farm sizes in Ecuador 24
Export shares of the leading ten banana exporters in Ecuador 28
Key supporting industries for banana and their market shares 29
Climate favourability for Black Sigatoka 56
Key temperature parametres for banana growth 67
Agroclimatic zones 67
Six representative points for the major banana production areas of Ecuador 67
Current and future agroclimatic zones (in km2) 69 Banana crop coefficients (Kc) found in the literature for different cultivars 73
Total annual leaf emission, based on temperature (GDD) and temperature and water (TDU) (UTD) 74
Water demand and irrigation needs for banana in six sites in Ecuador through 2070
Puntos representativos para determinar la variabilidad estacional
Most common responses from the five focal groups (Taken from the inscription forms)
Responses of five focal groups to a question about the variabilty of weather conditions from one year to the next
Disturbing weather events for production and management of bananas – open responses from growers (% response from total of 5 focal groups)
Average production in boxes/month by season and by zone
Moderate weather events by season
Extreme events by season
Management adjustments made in response to seasonal changes: focal group results
Major causes of declines in export banana volumes for Ecuador since 1961
General data of the selected farms
Inventory data: transport from plantation to collection centre Sources used for the calculation of energy use at the collection centre
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