About the Project
Co-funded by the European Union and intra-ACP and implemented by CARDI and ITC
Mr. Percival Murray - Director General of CARIFORUM -
Ms. Arancha Gonzalez - Executive Director(former), International Trade Centre -
Mr. Stefano Manservisi - Director General for International Co-operation and Development(former) -
Hon. Mia Amor Mottley - Prime Minister of Barbados -
Project overview
Project: Alliances for Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean
Coverage: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago
Funder: European Union
Development Goals: Increase food availability and reinforce incomes of small scale farmers
Beneficiaries: Smallholder coconut farmers, plantation operators, owners and workers, coconut producing and processing communities, youth and women in coconut and coconut product processing and marketing, SME coconut products manufacturers
Duration:
Phase I: January 2015 – December 2018
Phase II: August 2019 – June 2023
Regional Impact to Date
• Sector governance improved with more than 200 public and private stakeholders in 11 NSPs across the region
• 45 nurseries established and/or supported servicing than 5,000 farmers in the Caribbean
• 30 agro-processors with improved capacity and linkages with smallholder farmers
• Technical cooperation and in-kind contributions with more than 60 private and public local institutions across the region
• Transfer of knowledge and improvements in technical cooperation among numerous regional an international partners such as CICY, CIRAD, EMBRAPA, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines
• Revision of regional standard of Coconut Water
Partners and collaborators
Regional Collaborators:
Ministries of Agriculture:
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Barbados
- Belize
- St.Lucia
- Dominica
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Suriname
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Guyana
- Dominica Republic
National Collaborators: