JAMAICA-AGRICULTURE: PUTTING YAM IN THE PICTURE AS BANANA WAITS Inter Press Service English News Wire | May 22, 1997| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Vivienne Siva
Inter Press Service English News Wire
05-22-1997
KINGSTON, May 21 (IPS) -- The uncertain future of the banana
industry has pushed more farmers to try and cash in on a
non-traditional crop: yams.
That produce is gaining in importance here, particularly in
rural Jamaica as farmers look for alternatives while awaiting the
final World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on the fate of
Caribbean bananas entering the European market.
In March, the WTO, in a preliminary ruling, indicated that the
European Union's banana import regime violates open trading rules
and requested that body to ...

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