With climate change advancing rapidly and a global pandemic to contend with, increasing climate and economic resilience for small farmers and firms is a priority. The ITC Alliances for Action programme…
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…
The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) serves a multifunctional role in the Caribbean region where it is commonly grown. Small-scale production of products from the coconut palm makes an important contribution…
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.…
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…
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…
By Douglas McIntosh May 6, 2014 JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE Story Highlights • Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, says the local coconut industry remains…
Full article Published March 17, 2017
The establishment of a coconut nursery in Hanover will increase the availability of seed nuts to farmers on the west of the island After several setbacks experienced in the 1980s, the coconut industry is…
Jamaica is one of ten countries, currently benefitting from the regional Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean project, being funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC)…