WINFA is continuing its lobbying efforts on behalf of banana farmers in the Windward Islands. On Friday, Feb. 20, WINFA Coordinator, Mr. Renwick Rose, visited the Scottish offices of the European Parliament, in Edinburgh.
Take action with the Support Caribbean Bananas Postcard
Take Action with the Support Caribbean Bananas Postcard
Banana link launches new Support Caribbean Bananas (SCB) postcard to urge consumers to promote the sale of Fairtrade Caribbean Bananas in UK supermarkets nationwide.
Please take action and ask the British supermarkets (either by sending them an SCB postcard, filling in a customer comments card or by writing to the email/postal addresses) to always offer you the choice of Caribbean and Fairtrade bananas and to make a public commitment to trading Windward Island bananas in the long term.
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Latest news - Historic agreement reached over EU import tariffs
After decades of dispute, the world's 'banana wars' are finally set to come to an end. An historic deal between the EU, Latin America, African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries and the US was signed at the weekly meeting of the WTO Council Secretariat in Geneva this afternoon, after the last details were agreed yesterday. Trade negotiators cheered and applauded as Eckart Guth, the EU ambassador to the WTO, announced, "So it's done. Thank you very much." European Trade Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner expressed her relief that the dispute had finally been settled: "I'm very happy to see the longest-running trade dispute finally solved," she said. "History is being made today because this dispute has soured global trade relations for too long." The deal signifies a step towards an eventual agreement in the WTO's Doha Round of trade negotiations which aim to reduce barriers to global trade.
An independent retailer has decided to take a stand against the banana
price wars that have afflicted the UK banana market since September.
The savage price cuts were initiated by Asda/WalMart and Aldi. Many
growers and plantation workers fear that, despite reassurances from the
retailers, the retail price wars will have dire consequences for prices
and wages at the beginning of the banana chain.
Fairtrade supporters, campaigners and consumers last Saturday expressed their continued support for banana farmers in the Windward Islands amidst the great difficulties facing them at present.
For nearly ten years from 1996 Banana Link collaborated with partners in London and Brighton to produce a carnival troupe and float at
Notting Hill Carnival to raise awareness of Fairtrade and Caribbean
bananas.
The Windward Islands Farmers' Association (WINFA) is a confederation of small farmers' organisations supporting small scale farmers in St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, Dominica and Martinique.
Choosing Fairtrade bananas has a direct and positive impact on the
lives of producers, workers and their communities.
Banana Link is a British based NGO campaigning for a socially just, environmentally sound and economically viable international banana trade. 
The Windward Islands Farmers' Association (WINFA) is a confederation of small farmers' organisations supporting small scale farmers in St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, Dominica and Martinique.