<P> Along with contributing to the Caribbean's GDP, agriculture also contributes to domestic food supply, and provides employment . While agriculture is the major economic land - use activity in many Caribbean countries, agriculture accounts for a declining number of most islands' GDP . However, unlike many developed countries, this trend may be accounted for by a growing tertiary sector, as opposed to industrial growth except for Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico . Some of the associations representing the agricultural industry in the region are: the Caribbean Food Crop Society (CFCS); the Windward Islands Farmers Association (WINFA), with some in Saint Vincent, representing the interests of FairTrade certified producers in Saint Vincent, RASTA CITY, Dominica and Grenada . </P> <P> While globalization in its modern context undoubtedly has changed the dynamic of Caribbean economics, it is worth noting that "the countries of the commonwealth have been passively integrated into the international economy for all of their modern history". From foundations built on the plantation economy, the Caribbean economy has always involved reliance on one or several export sectors . While numerous attempts at market diversification have been made, the struggle to develop the political and economic infrastructure necessary to successfully respond to market fluctuations, and loss of competitiveness, in key export sectors remains a struggle . A recent example includes the dismantling of the Lome Convention, which provided Caribbean Banana exports preferential treatment from the EU, by the WTO in 1999 . </P> <P> In 2010 the labor force participation rate in the Caribbean was 77% and in 2011 it was recorded that GDP per capita in the Caribbean communities average near $10,000 . Due to the lack of economic opportunity and low GDP per capita levels, Caribbean people are travelling in large numbers to developed countries . Globally, Grenada has the third highest percentage of emigrate at 67.3%, St. Kitts and Nevis is fourth at 61.0% and Guyana is fifth at 56.8% . Most of these Caribbean emigrants are women . </P> <P> Historically, the Caribbean's banana industry has been the one of the biggest exports; however, agriculture is beginning to decline in the world economy . Now, it is the exportation of labor that is on the rise in the Caribbean . Caribbean women are migrating to developed countries for the opportunity to study particularly in nursing programs . Women in the Caribbean migrate in large numbers to developed countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France . These host countries have better education and resources that provide better health care knowledge and health care training . In these developed regions of the word, Caribbean women receive more on and off the job training as well . Educational opportunities for health care allow women in the Caribbean to receive advanced knowledge on nursing and their degrees are recognized in their host countries . </P>

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