Project Name：Improving Vegetable Cultivation Management and Post-harvest Handling Project

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Caribbean, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Project Description：

St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Economic and Social Development Plan 2013 – 2025 shows that improvements in agricultural sector competitiveness are the developmental focus of the nation. The plan laid out an economic strategy for enhancing local agri-production to increase self-sufficiency and meet the target of import substitution of agricultural products.The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour of St. Vincent and the Grenadines hopes to continue relying on professional technology from Taiwan in the post-harvest handling and packaging of fruits and vegetables in order to reduce crop loss and improve yield for the benefit of its farmers.

Implementation Start Date：2023-08-25

Implementation End Date：2024-12-31

Project Objectives：

Improve the post-harvest handling technology for cabbage, tomato, sweet pepper, and cucumber and reduce the ratio of loss to 20% (from the current 45%).

Executing Agency：

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour/ Taiwan Technical Mission

Current Progress：

To the end of March 2024, the following activities have been completed:

1. Signed the Implementation Agreement .

2. Held the stakeholders kickoff meeting.

3. Completed the design and tendering of 5 post-harvest cold stores, with construction expected to begin in mid-April.

4. Completed the vegetable production and management promotion manual for heat-tolerant tomato varieties.

5. Worked with the St. Vincent Ministry of Agriculture's Garden Project to conduct 1 promotional training session on vertical farmin cultivation techniques.

Project Contact：TINGYU CHOU

Phone：+886-2-28886052

E-mail：t.y.chou@icdf.org.tw

Signing Date：2023-08-25

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines