Despite the precautions taken, one producer already expects more than 50% losses on his plantain crops.
Some regions recorded losses after flooding and violent winds.
Latin American banana producers are worried: the effects of climate change are weakening their farms and causing harvests to fall.
These figures illustrate a decline in export revenues that adds to climate-related productivity losses.
Producers are now warning of a growing threat to the economic viability of the sector.
The climate crisis is already resulting in sharp drops in production, linked to the extreme weather conditions of this year’s El Niño episode.
A precedent sheds light on the possible scale of these shocks: in 1983, during one of the most violent episodes ever recorded, 15% of banana plantations in Ecuador were affected.
Over the same month, revenues fell from 70 to 40 million dollars, this association says.
This damage had led to a 36% drop in exports.