Project Name：Food Processing Commercial Development Expert Dispatch Project (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Project status：Completed projects

Cooperating Country：Caribbean, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis

Project Description：St. Kitts and Nevis relies mostly on foreign food imports due to the nation’s limited production of agricultural crops. Food processing can extend the shelf life of agricultural products, and value-added products can open new markets , attract customers and enhance the tourism industry. Aligning efficient food processing and innovative value-added products with the islands’ tourism development goals can assist in tourism development, thereby allowing locals to benefit from this industry.

Overall, this project will:
1.Increase production capacity of the food processing facility by optimizing current production lines; establish operations management and quality control protocols.
2.Provide training courses to local agro-processors to build up better fruit and vegetable processing knowledge and skills.
3.Introduce new types of raw materials and invent five new products.
4.Strengthen marketing strategy and provide associated training.

Implementation Start Date：2015-12-01

Implementation End Date：2017-03-31

Project Objectives：To provide assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture, Health and Community Development to increase the efficiency of its food processing facility through associated improvements to the facility’s management, operations, product innovations and marketing.

Executing Agency：1.Ministry of Agriculture (St. Kitts and Nevis)
2.Ministry of Health and Community Development (St. Kitts and Nevis)
3.The TaiwanICDF

Current Progress：

Project Performance：

1.Increase production capacity of the food processing facility: optimize current production lines;

2.Establish operations management and quality control protocols; provide three food processing training courses for agro-processors and technicians; introduce new ingredients and materials, and invent five new products.

3.Strengthen marketing strategy and provide associated training: complete one report on the food processing facaility’s production costs and market analysis ; produce a plan for product commercialization of the food processing facility; conduct one training course on marketing management (in conjunction with the food processing training courses) ; hold one field day on new product development and marketing, to be attended by 250 people.

Signing Date：2015-12-01

Projected Benefits：

Cooperating Stakeholders：Ministry of Agriculture (St. Kitts and Nevis)