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Cultivating organic bananas has a series of advantages and benefits
for human beings and nature, in comparison to conventional
bananas. The organic cycle of production guarantees a higher quality of fruit and
better health benefits for all those who work in the chain of
production.
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The nutrients and fertilizers used during production
are chemical free, which guarantees pureness in
its content. In order to achieve this, natural fertilizers
are prepared in the following process: The main
component of organic fertilizers are the wastes
of the harvest and bananas, which represent
approximately 60% of the total of the organic material
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This material is shredded in very small pieces
which are then piled in consecutive layers, with
cow manure (approximately 15%), absorbing material
such as wood dust, sugar cane syrup, all of which
represent more or less another 10%.
The other 10% represents grains and dry leguminous
plants that help the secretion of the compost.
The remaining 5% are the minerals that are used
to enrich the substance such as zeolita , phosphated
rock, calcium carbonate, etc.
Once the piles of compost are formed, the process
lasts approximately 16 weeks, during which the
material is stirred to help the creation, to have
homogenous particles and control the temperature.
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When
the piles of compost are formed, there are various parameters
that must be observed such as temperature, pH and humidity,
which is why weekly samples have to be taken. After
approximately 16 weeks, the compost is ready to be harvested
and applied to the plantation.
These characteristics cause organic bananas to have a
higher price, but its content makes it cheaper than
any other fruit.
On
the other hand, through Fair Trade these incomes are
reinvested in employees and on the workers that intervene
in its production as well as in the ecosystem of the
farms in which it is produced.
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