Qishan has entered the winter banana production season.

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[Reporter Huang Xulei / Kaohsiung Report] Qishan winter bananas are harvested in October every year, and will be shipped to Kanto and Kansai markets in Japan. Mayor Chen Qimai will visit the production area at night to care about the harvest and the income insurance benefits of banana farmers, and will supervise and assist domestic supermarket chains. , E-commerce platform listing.

There was no typhoon this summer, and the climate was stable and gradually entered the winter banana production season. Chen Qimai and the director of agriculture, Zhang Qingrong, were concerned about the price with the farmers' association hotline every day. Sales.

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Zhang Qingrong said tonight that autumn and winter bananas will be produced from October to February of the following year, with a planting area of ​​about 2,150 hectares and the fourth production area in the country. They will strive for corporate group purchases and e-commerce orders, and will be steadily exported to Japan every week. In response to the impact of the prosperous period.

Due to the abundance of bananas in Pingtung, the Agriculture and Food Administration will start the banana removal operation from September 19, and Kaohsiung will be subsidized by the Agriculture Bureau to remove the shipping costs.

Chen Fengxiang, chairman of Qishan Farmers Association, said that the mayor's hotline was concerned about the banana production area every morning, and he immediately assigned Director Zhang and city councilor Lin Fubao to care about the price. At present, the price of bananas in Taiwan is flattening, and banana farmers are grateful for their concern.

Zhang Hongshi, head of the banana production and marketing team of the Farmers Association, appealed not to exaggerate the news of the collapse of banana prices. "This is harming our banana farmers."

Chen Qimai (2nd from right) and Director of Agriculture Zhang Qingrong (1st from right) visited banana production areas at night.

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