Hainan banana farmers: Untruthful reports from media induced the decline of banana prices
News on April 26: In Ledong County, Haikou City, Hainan, a large number of banana cultivators complained to reporters that the recent television station reported the ethephon accelerates the ripening of bananas, so there was food safety issue. However, the report was false.
Under such condition, banana prices fell sharply in the market. While the supply and demand fundamentals are not changed, the price has dropped 50% within a few days.
National Banana Industry Technology System expert said, the media report lacked basic knowledge , the use of ethylene ripening bananas was a common means, which did not produce any toxic substances to the human body.
In next ten days,Hainan will also be attacked by three rainfalls
China’s Hainan Province has been hit by two large-scale continuous heavy rain weather. China Meteorological Administration expected in the next 10 days, Hainan rains also suffered three attacks. China Meteorological Administration, monitoring shows that from September 30 to October 17, Hainan province’s total average rainfall was 954.8 mm, which was 5 times of the same period in past years.
Hainan, a new round of heavy rain caused over 2.08 million people affected. There are over 2.3 billion loss
October 14 to 18, Hainan occurred a new round of heavy rain: Haikou, Wenchang, Qionghai, 17 cities and counties again suffered heavy heavy rain, a total of 2.0841 million people were affected, 13.93 million people evacuated, crops affected area of 9.8 million hectares, 1,416 houses collapsed, 2022 damaged houses, direct economic loss is 2.31 billion yuan.
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