Trade Agreements
An agreement that aims to remove trade barriers between the countries of the Caribbean
What is Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME)?
high interest rates, short repayment time
What is money lender?
Certification done by the Ministry of Agriculture
What is Farmer's registration?
Anyone can join regardless of gender, race, colour or creed
What is open membership?
The abbreviation ACP refers to these islands
What is African, Caribbean and Pacific islands?
Source of funds that has interest rates higher than that of government institutions
What is commercial banks?
Measure of the farmers ability to pay off debts
What is credit- worthiness?
The type of cooperative that collects, grades, package and sell their produce.
What is Marketing cooperative?
The term used to signify the freeing up of trade between countries
What is Trade liberalisation?
People you know personally
What is friends and family?
A document that outlines the farmer's plans and expected output and income
What is farm proposal?
the number of votes each member in a cooperative has
What is one?
FTAA stands for..
What is Free Trade Area of the Americas?
Source of funds where persons pool their money to help each member in turns
What is a sou-sou group?
Security for a loan
What is collateral?
Money problem in managing a cooperative
What is limited capital?
The international organization which promotes free trade
What is WTO World Trade Organisation?
The bank specially designed to provide loans to farmers
What is Agricultural Development Bank (ADB)?
Documentary evidence of the farmer's previous enterprises
What is Farm records?
The Citrus Growers Association and the Cocoa Board are examples of this type of cooperative
What is a Commodity Cooperative?