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The Advantages
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- Production
systems that benefit the environment and its eco systems.
- Minimal
Use of Agrichemical - controlled use in conjunction with Integrated
Ecological Management techniques.
- Reduced
Input of Synthetic fertilisers
- Significantly
reduced use of fertilisers with improved nutrition balance through
better product selection. A reduction in fertiliser will give
a significant drop in yield but it will accommodate a more natural
growing and maturing life cycle for the plant and its fruit.
- Monitor insect
species, their numbers, habitats, and their role in the eco system.
- Monitor Soil
Health.
- Implementation
of systems to reduce, recycle or reuse waste resources.
- Efficient
use of water through drip systems and control of application
- Implementation
of our Environmental Management System based on the standards
of ISO14000. The environmental management system ensures the
farm assesses its impact on the environment and continually looks
at ways of minimising environmental impacts.
As managers of Pacific Coast Eco Bananas we regularly review our
current progress and achievements, identify research and development
requirements and plan accordingly.
Hydraulic
bailer used to compress and bail the disused plastic ripening
bags for recycling.
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Ants
and other insects play a critical role in biological control
allowing further reductions in chemical use.
Research
and development into recycling of waste bananas and cardboard from
the packing shed.
Research
and development into monitoring of beneficial insect species.
Beneficial insects abound on the Eco Banana
farms due to the absence of insecticides.
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