Taiwan banana prices collapsed. Green Camp suggested: decommercialize bananas and purchase 500 metric tons for feed. In addition to considering party issues, voters in county and city mayor elections will also make judgments based on the policies made by candidates on people's livelihood issues. The sharp drop in Taiwan's banana prices is also considering the political strategies of the blue and green parties. Global warming also affects the output of agricultural products. After the autumn in Taiwan this year, the temperature generally rose compared with previous years. It coincided with the ripening period of bananas. The high temperature will lead to early ripening of bananas. Therefore, the number of defective bananas that are prone to yellow and impatient to put intolerant continues to increase, which will affect the overall quality of bananas this year, causing the price of bananas in Pingtung County to collapse, and farmers are also suffering. Therefore, the candidates for Pingpingdong County Mayor Su Qingquan and Zhou Chunmi also gave their own solutions.
Su Qingquan hopes to control the quality of bananas from the source
This year, the area of banana planting in Taiwan has not increased, and the price decline is mostly due to natural factors. Su Qingquan mentioned in the interview that although he has no experience in solving this problem, he believes that the number of bananas can be controlled from the total amount of source. When planting bananas every year, first estimates based on Taiwan's demand for bananas and reports them to the Farmers Association. The Farmers Association allocates 90% of the total demand as the banana planting quantity, so as to control the yield of bananas and stabilize the price of bananas. Some banana farmers agree with the solution proposed by Su Qingquan, but now there are multiple cultivation channels for bananas, and it is impossible to thoroughly supervise the number of bananas from the perspective of cultivation alone.
In this case, Zhou Chunmi proposed decommercialization of bananas to a certain extent can alleviate the pressure of banana farmers. Zhou Chunmi said that after she learned that the banana prices collapsed, she immediately contacted the Committee of Agriculture and Grain Department. First, she extended the time for the Agriculture and Grain Department to handle decommercialization of bananas, and then discussed with farmers whether she could cut the bananas with a blade so that it could not become a commodity and minimize the losses of farmers.
Taiwanese farmers said that the policies proposed by these two candidates did not solve the problem well
Zhou Chunmi said that Pingtung County has always relied on the agricultural, fishery and livestock industry in the process of development. Now climate change is also considering the resilience of this county town. In the future, she will continue to strengthen the safety of agricultural security and protect farmers' livelihoods. In order to gradually stabilize banana prices, the Agriculture and Food and Food Department has also purchased 500 metric tons of bananas as feed. Farmers in Pingtung County also gave their own views on Zhou Chunmi's policy.
Some farmers said that once bananas are decommodified, it will mean that the purchase price will be lower than the sale price. Although it can solve the problem of falling banana prices in a short time, it cannot fundamentally change the current situation of farmers. In addition, some farmers have raised doubts about banana insurance. Although the previously stipulated banana insurance can increase farmers' income, in addition to bearing the corresponding insurance costs, the standard for its insurance effectiveness is determined based on the average income of the region throughout the year, which does not meet the conditions of individual farmers in Pingtung County. Therefore, farmers generally use mixed planting to reduce costs during the process of planting bananas. Therefore, the policies proposed by Su Qingquan and Zhou Chunmi are all methods to treat symptoms but not root causes, and they cannot satisfy farmers.
Partial message reference: Straits Guide
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