Thursday, 8th February, 2024: The National White Potato Production Project was launched at the Montreal Greenhouse Park unveiling SPUNTA E and DESIREE as the main potato varieties for the initiative.
A four-day work-shop is being held here this week, titled “Crop Monitoring and Agriculture Disaster Needs Assessment Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Participatory GIS Approaches”.
A Sweet Potato Research project is currently underway by the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI). CARDI’s local representative Donowa Jackson said the project, which is designed to strengthen sweet potato production, is beginning to show good results.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to begin the cultivation of white potatoes in February this year.