Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website CASTRIES, St Lucia CMC-Officials from the National Fairtrade Organization in Britain will visit farms across the Windward Islands in a move designed to encourage farmers to boost production under the Fairtrade label.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 11 November Brussels: The Windward Islands special envoy on bananas, Edwin Laurent, says the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the European Commission['s] proposed banana import tariff could lead to the possible collapse of the industry in the islands.