Brussels, 21/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - Agriculture ministers of the EU Member States should, at their meeting from 19 to 21 December, be able to reach agreement on the revision of the aid scheme for Community banana producers. At the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday 20 November, producer countries supported the proposal, while other countries felt the aid envelope for the banana sector to be too generous and costly.
During the debate, the main Community banana producing countries,...