{"id":12375,"date":"2024-05-07T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=12375"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:07:03","slug":"grenada-takes-firm-action-to-safeguard-develop-its-us2-6-million-soursop-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/grenada-takes-firm-action-to-safeguard-develop-its-us2-6-million-soursop-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada Takes Firm Action To Safeguard, Develop Its US$2.6 Million Soursop Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. GEORGE\u2019S, Grenada \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0 A three-year project has been launched to help Grenada enhance its industry traceability and surveillance systems, as well as the soursop industry\u2019s ability to manage future pest risks and investigate potential diversification into new markets.<\/p>\n

The soursop industry in Grenada, which has a projected annual value of US$2.6 million,\u00a0 is thriving and robust with the United States as its main export market, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said.<\/p>\n

The lack of two pests \u2014 the fruit borer and the seed borer\u00a0 \u2014 allows the island to have advantageous access to this market.\u00a0 Additionally, due to the large number of immigrant communities in the United States, soursop has become more popular over the years.<\/p>\n

Equally important is an estimated 2,600 farmers, most of them being small-scale farmers, who rely on soursop for their livelihood with farming as their primary source of income, the FAO said.<\/p>\n

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Due to the industry\u2019s significant earnings and potential for further expansion, increasing soursop production and export has been given priority in Grenada\u2019s National Sustainable Development Plan 2020\u20132035. This has led to the collaboration between the FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Fisheries, and Cooperatives.<\/p>\n

The project, entitled \u201cEnhancing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Capacity and Market Access for Grenadian Soursop Exports\u201d\u00a0 was launched on April 18 and will be carried out by the the FAO.<\/p>\n

It is funded in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture\u00a0and Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources and Cooperatives in Grenada and The\u00a0 Standards and Trade Development Facility of the World Trade Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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