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EU offers aid to Jamaican farmers
Jamaica
Friday 08 February 2008
Banana growers in Jamaica will receive much need aid from the European Union.
The European Union (EU) has signed a support agreement with the Jamaican government worth US$630m (€425m), in order to provide assistance to the countrys banana growers.
Farmers hit by Hurricane Dean last August will be given US$222m (€150m) in aid, which will include the distribution of fertiliser, fungicides and orchard oil. The remainder will be used to fund a rural diversification programme in the six traditional banana-growing parishes, in order to lessen the dependence on bananas and stimulate economic growth.
Projects such as greenhouse vegetable cultivation are also being considered, according to agriculture minister Christopher Tufton.
The European Union (EU) has signed a support agreement with the Jamaican government worth US$630m (€425m), in order to provide assistance to the countrys banana growers.
Farmers hit by Hurricane Dean last August will be given US$222m (€150m) in aid, which will include the distribution of fertiliser, fungicides and orchard oil. The remainder will be used to fund a rural diversification programme in the six traditional banana-growing parishes, in order to lessen the dependence on bananas and stimulate economic growth.
Projects such as greenhouse vegetable cultivation are also being considered, according to agriculture minister Christopher Tufton.
