Brussels, 20/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 20 September the European Commission proposed a thoroughgoing reform of the Community aid scheme to banana producers. As planned, this will abolish the current aid scheme and replace it with support that is more adapted to the specificities of each of the production regions and more in keeping with the objectives of the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The week's postponement of the adoption of the proposal allowed for a slight upward...