Coconut industry to benefit from EU/ACP support

By Michelle Nurse Last updated May 29, 2018

From left: Dr. Cyril Roberts, CARDI Country Representative, Mr. Ben Morrison, ITC Regional Representative and Mr. Raymond Trotz, Country Representative for the CIDC (Photo via Guyana Chronicle)

COCONUT Industry Development for the Caribbean (CIDC) has been spread out across eleven countries across the Caribbean and Guyana is one of them. The project started since 2015 and it is now in its final year for the first phase. It spans marketing, production and productivity, advisory, mitigation and other services.

The project is being financed by the European Union (EU) and the Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific Group of States (ACP). The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the chief administrator for the project across the Caribbean, with its implementing partner being CARDI (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute).

In addressing a media conference at the Ministry of Agriculture boardroom on Thursday the ITC Executive, Mr Ben Morrison told the gathering that the project is a regional one, which includes 11 countries across the Caribbean. Three of the focus countries for implementation are Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.