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CARDI VACANCY: Field Technician

CARDI VACANCY: Field Technician The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) invites suitably qualified nationals from CARICOM member states to apply for the position of Field Technician. Please see the…

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Antigua and Barbuda / Barbados / Belize / Dominica / Dominican Republic / Guyana / Improve decision-making & regional cooperation / Jamaica / St. Lucia / St.Vincent and the Grenadines / Suriname / Trinidad and Tobago

Recommendations for the Project

1. Certified Quality Planting Material - for rehabilitation and new plantings, both endemic and exotic: a. Stock assessment of indigenous / local varieties. b. Quality assurance system. c. Capacity building.…

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Regional Coconut Oil Production and Trade

Coconut Production: The Wider Caribbean produced an average of 512 thousand tonnes of coconut annually over the 1999/02 period of which CARICOM accounted for 301 thousand tonnes or 59% (Table…

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Antigua and Barbuda / Barbados / Belize / Dominica / Dominican Republic / Enhance productivity & sustainability / Farming / Guyana / Improve market & product development / Jamaica / St. Lucia / St.Vincent and the Grenadines / Suriname / Trinidad and Tobago / Uncategorized

Coconut genetic resources within the Caribbean

Within the Caribbean, there are a wide number of Tall types, Dwarfs and hybrids including intermediates or “Bastard types”. There is also a wide range of cultivated variants which were…

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