In st.Vincent, there are about 5,000 banana growers.

The initial growth of the trade was from local banana growers.

All 1,500 banana growers, for example, said their plantations have been totally wiped out.

If 5% of the banana grower's industry is spent on fertilizer, the fertilizer industry could expect $10,000 more; and so on.

Another banana grower in Georgetown, Iris Walker, said she and her husband would never resort to drugs.

The Europeans contended that without such help, small-scale banana growers would suffer.

The decree stated that 45 of each tax dollar would go to the government and the other 55 to subsidize independent banana growers.

St. Vincent's banana growers benefited from preferential access to the European market.

Chinese banana growers along the Tully River were numerous after 1900.

Human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, have criticized Ecuadorean banana growers for using child labor.