CAPGERNET

CAPHNET

CARIFRUIT

CARIVEG

CAROT

CASRUNET

CIPMNET

CLAWRENET

CRIDNET

 

 

    

CAPGERNET

  • Information systems
  • Training
  • Policy and legal framework
  • Planting material/seed industry
  • Financing strategy
  • Hotpepper, pineapple, papaya and mango project

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    CAPHNET

    • Pesticide residue on fruits for export - Papaya, golden apple, citrus, pineapple, avacodo, mango and soursop
    • Added value/processing of soursop
    • Extending the shelf life of chennettee and rabutan
    • Information systems
    • Collection of PHT information
    • Documentation of minimum quality standards
    • Training in PHT
    • Research-consumer acceptibility of yams
    • Research in hotpepper
    • Production and evaluation of value added hot pepper

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    CARIFRUIT

  • Database development in the fruit subsector in the Caribbean
  • Enhancing research skills for fruit development in the Caribbean
  • Enhancing fruit genebank management in the Caribbean
  • Information systems: the development of an e-forum
  • Nursery management and quality planting material

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    CARIVEG

  • Drip irrigation
  • Training (production systems, production of quality seeds to include sessions for farmers and scientists)
  • Post harvest technology
  • Information systems (e-groups, information on choice and supply of quality seeds)
  • Shade house production
  • Marketing

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    CAROT

  • Sweet potato
  • Yam
  • Dasheen
  • Cassava
  • Information systems
    • - Textbooks
    - Development of databases
    - Information products/publications
  • Marketing and promotion
  • Training

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    CASRUNET

  • Policy legislation (St Kitts)
    • - land tenure
    - dog control
    - praedial larceny
    - national policy
     
  • Genetic improvement (Jamaica)
    • - selection and multiplication
    - characterization of breed types
    - protocol for exchange of germplasm
    - identification of alternative genetic resources
    - animal recording systems
     
  • Nutrition, Feeds and feeding (Guadeloupe)
    • - establishment of feeds database
    - production and conservation of feeds
    - development of feeding systems
     
  • Institutional capacity development (Barbados)
    • - training, project management and priority setting
    - attachments to institutions
    - in-country training
     
  • Information systems (Trinidad)
    • - database development
    - dissemination of information
    - website development
    - market intelligence

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    CIPMNET

    • Whitefly project
    • Citrus blackfly project
    • Papaya mealybug
    • Weed control
    • Farmer field school methodologies for ecological crop management
    • EU Pesticide project

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    CLAWRENET

  • Development of AGL in land and water management database
  • GIS application for the Caribbean region: Utilisation of GIS &NRM data
  • Training in land & water resource management
  • Watershed and coastal areas data collection and processing for decision making
  • Pesticide use management
  • Publication of textbook
  • Identification of NRM entities & priorities
  • Upgrade of meteorological stations in Caribbean countries
  • Disaster preparedness and mitigation, saving lives and mitigation/rehabilitation programme

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    CRIDNET

  • Network Administration
    • - maintenance of the secretariat
    - strengthening of networking arrangements
    - hosting and conducting quarterly and annual technical meetings of NNCs, TAC and SC
    - consultancies to add value to CRIDNET
    - information and communication services
     
  • Business plan for the sustainability of CRIDNET
    • - commission on certification and sale of seed
    - direct services to farmers, millers, organisations
    - hosting of training sessions
    - contributions from CRA membership
    - CARDI office contributions

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    PROCICARIBE Secretariat
    CARDI Headquarters
    UWI Campus, St. Augustine
    Trinidad, West Indies
    Telephone: 1 (868) 645-1205
    Fax: 1 (868) 645-1208
    Email: procicaribe@cardi.org