A CURRENT ASSESSMENTOF GUYANA'S COCONUT INDUSTRY

摘要

With the advent of oil, talk of diversifying the economy has intensified with particular emphasis on its agricultural base. Coconuts in particular have received much attention with awareness intensified through the 2016 Festival.A major outcome of the event was a Guyana Coconut Industry Development Road Map compiled through the joint efforts of the International Trade Centre (ITC) and a broad-based National Stakeholders Platform (NSP). The NSP was established in May-June 2015 bythe ITC and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) after intensive brainstorming by some 50 stakeholders drawn from the private and public sectors. Thisexercise - carried out in nine Caribbean territories -initiated Phase 1 of a 4-year project titled "Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean (CIDC)".