Rivers are threatening banana plantations in Ecuador



The sudden rise of the Cañar river, on Wednesday morning, flooded at least 2,000 banana hectares of the Parish Puerto Inca, Naranjal Canton, in the province of Guayas in Ecuador.

The overflow broke free in San Juan´s area, in kilóemtro 61 of the Guayaquil-Machala road. Water entered and flooded banana, cocoa and rice crops. Naranjal´s Mayor, Marcos Chica, estimated that at least 2,000 ha of banana were under water.

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