Agribusiness

Through its local subsidiaries FC&L owns and operates farms in Belize and Ecuador, and runs minor operations in Cayman, St. Lucia and Fiji. The farms produce mainly bananas and tropical fruits for export and for local consumption.

Operating in a highly competitive area of production FC&L’s farming operations have made it a trade mark to constantly:

* Increase production and profitability

* Increase yield per hectare

* Improve organization and procedures

* Keep a high quality production

* Secure permanent employment

* Develop a close cooperation with the employees

Especially the Group’s banana farms have gained a well deserved reputation for steady maintenance, innovative cultivation and harvest procedures, scientific evaluation, strict quality control, cost efficiency, systematic use of technology and constant development of organization.

The farms give priority to educating their workers, and creating a good social and cultural environment. The companies arrange evening classes and further education abroard for future managers, and Open Sundays for employees, families and friends have become a very popular tradition in several places.