Submitter: Cocoa Research Unit of the University of West Indies, based in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Subcontractor: Same as above.
Priority area: Food and Agriculture.
Participating/beneficiary countries: 4 countries (Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago).
PGTF input: US$ 34,000.
Other inputs: US$ 116,490.
Number: INT/11/K01
Duration: Ten (10) months.
Approval: 34th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 28 September 2010).
Completion: Final report submitted on 17 August 2020.
Impact: Symposium/workshops were organized to survey the status of the cocoa industries in the Caribbean region with the aim of revitalizing the cocoa industry and facilitate the transfer of scientific research on innovations in cocoa production, training in cocoa disease management and post-harvest processing and quality management. Two websites were developed: www.cocoanext.org and www.ifcic.center.
Contact: |
Contact person: Prof. Pathmanathan Umaharan.
Address: The Cocoa Research Unit, The University of the West Indies.
Telephone: 868-662-8788.
Fax: 868-662-8788.
Email: pathmanathan.umaharan @ sta.uwi.edu
Website: https://cocoacentre.cw.center | https://www.ifcic.center |
Final Report: