Banana growers provided with crop insurance for period 2016-2017

The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, through the Ministry of Agriculture, continues to support the banana growers of St Vincent and the Grenadines by providing crop insurance for growers of bananas and plantains. {{more}}

Growers will be adequately insured and compensated for windstorm damage to their farms for the period 2016- 2017.

For the past two insurance years, 2014 and 2015, the Government paid an accumulated amount of EC$445,011.67 to WINCROP for crop insurance for banana farmers, and have again insured the entire crop for bananas and plantains for the 2016-2017 insurance year.

Therefore, in the event of a severe storm, growers will be adequately compensated for damage caused to their farms.