All Saint Lucia articles
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CommentComment: A pivotal moment for the banana industry
Business urgently needs fair prices, mutual transparency, and a shift away from over-certification, says Banana Link’s international coordinator
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ArticleRetailers under pressure over ‘unfair’ banana prices
European retail value chains are still unsustainable, say suppliers, despite previous agreement on concept of fairness
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ArticleBanana suppliers act to avoid UK tariff hike
Ecuador, Colombia and Peru are latest countries to sign deals to maintain existing tariff levels after UK leaves EU
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ArticleBanana trade 'losing fight against TR4'
Leading authority on fungal disease threatening to wipe out Cavendish bananas says variety's days are numbered
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ArticleLong-term Geest Line ship marks 100th journey
Klipper Stream, which has travelled 1.2m miles and carried 2.6bn bananas, has set sail for the Caribbean after celebratory event
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ArticleSt Lucia sets record for UK banana exports
Figure reflects growers' success in overcoming an outbreak of a disease, Hurricane Tomas and the flooding of Christmas Eve 2013
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ArticleChantal heads for Caribbean islands
Tropical storm Chantal leaves banana-producing nations braced for disruption
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ArticleSt Lucia battling Black Sigatoka
Government is taking steps to aid farmers in the fight against the potentially devastating banana disease
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ArticleSt Lucia sees banana industry 'wiped out'
Country's agriculture minister says that the industry could take up to eight months to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Tomas
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ArticleNew threat to St Lucia bananas
Officials discover two suspected cases of fungal disease Black Sigatoka, the first such instances to be found on the island
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ArticleWindward Bananas in name change
The group has changed to Winfresh (UK) Limited to bring it in line with proposed growth into other produce categories
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ArticleCaricom threatens walk-out over bananas
Caribbean countries say they will abandon any deal made during WTO trade talks if the current EU banana regime is scrapped