Wednesday, 21 December 2011

FAO: Create environment for breadfruit, breadnut industry to thrive


By Andre Huie
Basseterre, St. Kitts: The enabling environment must be created for a breadfruit and breadnut industry to thrive in St. Kitts and Nevis. That was the view stressed by officials from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in a recent workshop held in St. Kitts to discuss strategies of developing a breadfruit and breadnut industry.
Heiko Bamman, Enterprise Development office of the FAO in Rome, speaking at the recent breadfruit and breadnut industry workshop at the Ocean Terrace Inn, stressed that the importance of making the industry profitable and to  grow income potentials. Meanwhile, Agro-industries officer of the FAO, Mr. Joseph Mpagalile spoke to participants on marketing their breadfruit and breadnut products including discussing the constraints and challenges.

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