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The banana (Musa sp.) is the foundation of the agricultural and rural-based community life of the Windward Islands where about 8000 farmers are involved in its production. Banana is primarily grown on small farms in hilly areas averaging two hectares in size, usually owned by local family farmers and exported mainly to Britain and Europe. These farmers have limited financial resources, farm part-time and grow other crops and/or livestock in their system of farming. With the loss of preferential European market arrangements and higher production costs than Latin America, many banana growers have turned to alternative marketing arrangements such as Fairtrade to maintain their profitability. |
