<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Tuxtepec, Oax</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.10.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/mexican-banana-update.jpg" alt="IMAGES _ APRIL 9 2013" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Black Sigatoka, a fungal leaf spot disease, has affected three thousand hectares of plantains, resulting in a reduction of at least a ton so far and represents great economic losses to farmers from various suburbs of the municipality, said San Bartolo banana producer, Roberto Lopez Molina.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Molina said that plantains are being sold for 4,000 pesos a ton - a low price in the market, however growers have no other option but to sell at this price to recover some investment on their plantations, as reported by TV.Bus.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Molina Lopez said it was unfortunate that the federal and state governments not to support this industry as the area is one of the main producers of plantains internationally.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.tvbus.tv/portal/index.php?op=noticias&seccion=cuenca&id=28855" target="_new">Plantain Update</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
