The agriculture of the Canary Islands

This Note comprises: 1) an introduction presenting the major physical data and certain historical references; 2) a special section on the political and economic framework of the Islands; and 3) a third section which examines agriculture in the Canary Islands in the framework of the European Union, its major sources of funding and the risk factors affecting its main products (involving the impact of the WTO banana panel and renewal of the agricultural protocol to the Association Agreement with Morocco in particular).