Judiciously nicknamed "The Nature Island", the island is surprisingly country life and well protected. Situated in the Caribbean Sea, Dominica is 46km long by 25km wide for a surface area of 750km2. She possesses the tallest mountains in the Lesser Antilles: her peck Morne Dia Blotin has a height of 1447m. The rain, magnetted by the highlights supply of more than 200 rivers. The temperatures fluctuate between 20 degrees Celsius (minimum in January) and 32 degrees Celsius (maximum in July). The driest months are those of February to June, with an average humidity of about 65%. The rest of the year, that rate movements in the 70%. In August, the most damp or wet month it rains 22 days on average whereas in April, the driest month, the rains do mot fall for more than 10 days.

The agriculture presents the main economic resource of the island. Until 1993 the bananas preferentially/ complementary profited the government on the British Market, but the breaking of the trading restrictions between the European countries opened the English Market to Bananas of Central America less expensive.

The state today encourages the farmers to their own diversifying in hope to reduce the dependence of the country with respect to the banana, which represents 75% of the agricultural production. The production of Bay Oil, which today, already represents an important part of exports, therefore is encouraged that way, besides, any one diversification towards other essential oils and the production of spices is brilliant. Dominica accounts for some 74 000 inhabitants of whom 10 000 farmers cultivate some 22 000 ha.