WINFA conference slated for St. Lucia

The 5th Biennial General Assembly of the Association of Caribbean Farmers (WINFA) will be held in St Lucia October 10-12.

It will be held under the theme “Farmers organised, agriculture revitalized, Caribbean energized” .{{more}}

It will be officially opened next Tuesday night and the first working day Wednesday will be a one-day seminar “Organisation – Key to unlocking global challenges”. The second and final day is dedicated to the business session of the assembly.

WINFA is a sub-regional organisation formed in 1982 to secure existing and sourcing new and more sustainable market possibilities for Windward islands bananas and other agricultural produce; to develop the quality and standard of the product to meet requirement and to strengthen credit, marketing, business training and other services needed to facilitate growth of the agricultural sector.