Back on track
Citation
CTA. 2002. Back on track. Spore 102. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Abstract/Description
The island of Dominica in the Caribbean is constructing a new irrigation infrastructure for its banana sector. The t 16 million programme, like other EU-backed initiatives on the banana-producing Windward Islands, aims to reduce the impact of...
Notes
The island of Dominica in the Caribbean is constructing a new irrigation infrastructure for its banana sector. The t 16 million programme, like other EU-backed initiatives on the banana-producing Windward Islands, aims to reduce the impact of drought and to raise production. The Dominica Banana Marketing Corporation is also administering a t 800,000 credit programme for farmers to buy inputs. The sector has suffered much from consecutive droughts and hurricane Lenny in 1999.
Subjects
CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION;Collections
- CTA Spore (English) [5126]