SITUATION OF CLIMATE AREAS OF SUB-TROPICAL BANANA GROWING BIO - COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU ' Due to heavy rains are affecting large areas of Central and South America, areas of production of organic bananas from various projects followed by OrganicSur, together with other climatic factors and logistical never occurred until now, we have to require the utmost cooperation to cope with different situations that occur in the coming weeks not only on the quality of banana, but also difficult to customize various sources and types of fruit that each of you are accustomed to receiving .
may also present problems of availability of volume, however, we are trying to address week in the best way.
To better explain and document what is mentioned above we list the various problems we are facing :
- torrential rains for more than 15 consecutive days in Colombia, mainly in the area bordering Venezuela, which led to the flooding of 80% of plantations which normally are purchased in that country. To give you an idea occurred driving rain up to 200mm / day have not only caused major disruption in production areas, but also roads, offices and so on. were flooded.
Although, it is hoped to be able to do some part-load, the situation is expected risolversi non prima di due mesi;
- le forti piogge in tutta l’area colombiana ed attigua hanno determinato la chiusura parziale del Canale di Panama , cosa mai verificatasi per cause climatiche, l a sospensione temporanea è dovuta a forti piogge cadute nei laghi adiacenti (Gatún e Alhajuela) che riforniscono di acqua il canale inter-oceanico.
In questo modo le dighe Gatún e Madden sono state forzatamente aperte per evitare che i comuni adiacenti venissero completely flooded.
Since the Panama Canal was opened in 1914 this was the first closure for weather events and the second ever for the political issues of 1989. For the continuation or repetition of these events is not excluded that be closed again for proper operation of the dredging that has become necessary due to the high sedimentation of materials. As a result of these events are increased transit times of ships .
- the eruption of the Tungurahua volcano, south of the city of Quito (Ecuador ), is producing a consistent front of ash-laden clouds that reduce the light, creating a shade higher than normal temperatures and temperature maximum below the seasonal average. This, of course, is affects the yield of banana plantations in reduced productivity .
In coming days expect further heavy rains will worsen the situation of course;
- in northern Peru continue the current effects of La Niña, which produces low average temperatures and very cloudy that day with the continuation of the phenomenon are driving yields per hectare much lower than expected . In this area, fortunately, are not foreseen for the time incurred precipitation.
Associates a questi eventi climatici sfavorevoli, negli ultimi giorni ci sono stati comunicati inattesi e forti aumenti dei noli marittimi, dovuti non solo al rincaro del petrolio (in questi giorni noi stessi ce ne rendiamo conto alla pompa di benzina), ma anche ad un'inaspettata inefficienza nei trasporti venutasi a creare per il concomitante inferiore volume di banane caricato da queste navi che settimanalmente fanno scalo nei diversi porti bananari del Centro e Sud America prima di fare rotta verso il canale di Panama e l oceano Atlantico fino ai porti di destinazione finale in Europa.
Despite this critical situation, the diversity of sourcing and priorities and loyalty by producers against OrganicSur allows us to deal this period always count on all of your support to give sustainability to our team daily
From Estrategia & Negocios Article of December 9, 2010
Panama Canal: closing week 49/2010
