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I know nothing about agriculture in the Caribbean, but I would suggest taking advantage of the local produce and starting there. Do you have any ideas on what
by chicob 8y ago
I know nothing about agriculture in the Caribbean, but I would suggest taking advantage of the local produce and starting there.
Do you have any ideas on what you want to grow?
I checked the Caribbean Agriculture Agricultural Research and Development's website (www.cardi.org) for some information. They have annual reports, that stop at 2011 for some reason. I would read some of them to get an idea of what are the current trends.
One idea that comes to mind after reading the 2011 report is producing high quality seeds. Grain prices for direct consumption are not as interesting.
I would also search for local farming associations to get to know what people are doing.
I suspect that the Caribbean will be more susceptible to climate change than other regions, so food security might become very important in a near future.
Good luck!
- agumonkey 8y agoMostly local indeed, but I don't think all local would make a fully balanced diet so maybe a few other things. If you step outside the road you can easily find trees loaded with varieties of oranges, citrus, coconuts, avocados .. I'd start with that and see for the rest Many thanks for the links, I don't think I would have googled for that. I will ask local farmers when I get the chance to, but few reports that I had by inhabitants is that .. farming is mostly avoided (laziness, pollution, whatever). To the point where they import things that used to grow locally from netherlands. I'm also surprised about the climate change thing, I imagined a volcanic island to be too dynamic to be affected as much as, say, Europe.