ISHS Acta Horticulturae 820: VIII International Mango Symposium
NEW PRACTICES IN MANGO CULTIVATION IN ECUADOR |
| Author: | Y. Adar |
| Keywords: | Ecuador, production, growers, mango |
| Abstract:
The production of mango for export in Ecuador started 20 years ago. In the last season (October 2004 - February 2005) exports were approximately 9 millions boxes (36 000 t). The first years of the mango era were marked by good prices, and low production costs and, as a result, the planting of thousands of hectares occurred. In the last five years mango cultivation has been marginally or non-profitable, this forcing growers to modify cultivation practices, to change cultivars, and to consider processing and new markets. These measures, which are noted to have been necessary, are the subject of this paper. | |
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