Building on St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ plans to increase food production and trade, public and private sector stakeholders from SVG have identified two important crops for further development over the coming years.
During a recent value chain selection workshop held virtually, stakeholders from the public and private sectors selected hot pepper as the second commodity from a list of six crops with strong potential and readiness for scaling up. Facilitated by FAO Trade Development Consultant, Jai Rampersad the stakeholders reviewed sweet potato, plantain, hot pepper, coconut, mango, and breadfruit. Hot pepper was selected as the crop with the greatest potential to be developed for the export market.
The stakeholders agreed on the need to identify hot pepper varieties to be developed and to correct some of the gaps in the market that would need to be filled to ensure the success of the commodity.
Ensuring the consistency of production of the selected variety was also seen as crucial to the success of the selected value chain.
