Barton Clarke, Executive Director of Cardi, asserted that the efforts of multiple interested parties would join in a more competitive industry for the entire region.
For his part, Maurice Wilson, regional coordinator of the project, said this set a solid base from which to accelerate growth and expansion of the industry.
He also added that Cardi will continue working together with the interested national parties, regional actors and international agencies to deepen the links with actors of sectors such as health services, manufacturing, finances and tourism.
A declaration of Cardi explains that in the world an increasing demand of fresh coconut products is being boosted by recent trends in the world sector of food and beverages and in the health and beauty markets.
Caribbean farmers explore new ways to obtain more from the value chain of that fruit, turning each part of the iconic tree into commercial assets, says the declaration.
Last Wednesday, all the Cardi offices in the region celebrated their day under the slogan ‘Celebrating the potential of the coconut industry in the region’, that this year centered on the work of the Institute in the framework of the Regional Project for the Development of those plants.
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucía, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, son los países caribeños que ya se benefician con este plan.
