By Desrine McTair. Updated 5:00 a.m., Friday, October 13, 2023, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4)
The Community of Caribbean and Latin American Countries (CELAC) held a dasheen post-harvest handling training session in St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Food and Nutrition Security Centre, Stoney Grounds, Kingstown.
According to a press release yesterday (October 12th), the training, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), was designed to assist exporters and farmers to improve their post-harvest handling practices. The activity shed light on a range of issues including common causes of post-harvest losses, along with techniques and strategies to reduce those losses. Additionally, best practices in commercial storage, management of environmental factors, delivery handling, and sanitization of the root crop were also presented to the participants.
Samuel De Costa, Agronomist and trainer from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),
expressed satisfaction with the training session and the receptiveness of the participants, the press release stated.
De Costa said the training is vital and indicated that similar initiatives are in the pipeline.
The expansion of markets for dasheen is a welcomed development within the agricultural sector
here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as the regional and global demand for the root crop
continues to surge, thus providing more opportunities for farmers and exporters, further stated the press release.
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