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EU supports banana, plantain farmers.

The government and the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the

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 (EU) signed a J$630 million agreement aimed at providing assistance for the island's banana and plantain plantain (plăn`tĭn), any plant of the genus Plantago, chiefly annual or perennial weeds of wide distribution. Many species are lawn pests and the pollen is often a hay fever irritant. P.  farmers, reports JIS JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
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 (Feb. 2, 2008). Of the funding provided, J$222 million will go towards a hurricane assistance program, while $408.9 million will be used to support a rural diversification programme in six banana-growing parishes. Funds will be used to purchase fertilizer, fungicides This page aims to list well-known chemical compounds, to stimulate the creation of Wikipedia articles.

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 and orchard oil. More than 1,000 farmers, who cultivate some 2,588 hectares of bananas and plantains were affected by the hurricane, and under the project 90% of farms will be rehabilitated.
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