Grenada resumes shipping mangoes to US
Grenada has resumed the exportation of fresh mangoes to the United States, following the lifting of an almost 20-year ban imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The first commercial shipment comprised three varieties of mangoes – Julie, Ceylon and Graham and was shipped by well-known […]
DEXIA is encouraging purchase of local white potatoes as farmers begin to harvest crop
Roseau, Tuesday 9th May 2023: The Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) is encouraging the purchase and consumption of locally grown white potatoes, as the harvest season is now well underway and the produce is available for sale at DEXIA’s Roseau Pack House and retailers around the island. DEXIA’s General Manager Paula Platsko says this call is furtherance […]
St Lucia’s ‘finest’ cocoa gets significant boost to revitalize sector
Saint Lucia’s cocoa beans are among the highest quality, being fine or flavour cocoa, and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Saint Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development are working diligently together to grow and expand the local cocoa sector. The Programme for Capacity Building […]