Regional Issue

Crops

Activity

Continues implementing

Deadline for proposal

GERMPLASM

Avocado

Pineapple

Guava

Passionfruit

Germplasm exchange;

Methodology/Standardisation; Conservation;

Training (C. Paul);

IPR (J. Francis);

Quarantine (C. Paul)

*Dominica (M. James)

Dominican Republic

Grenada

St. Lucia

30 September 1999

CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Mango

Avocado

Passionfruit

Citrus

Orchard management;

Tek-paks;

Technology transfer

*Dominican Republic (B. Santos)

Grenada; Jamaica

British Virgin Islands

UWI (L. Roberts-Nkrumah)

31 August 1999

(questionnaire)

30 September 1999

(proposal)

MARKETING

Market intelligence;

Marketing constraints;

Policy Issues

* Most countries (J. Francis)

IICA/CARDI/EDADU

30 September 1999

PROCESSING

Product development;

Training

* Trinidad (H. Wilson)

CARIRI; CIRAD-FLOR

UWI, Univ. of Guyana

30 September 1999

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Newsletter;

Information flow;

Documentation;

Data-bases; Web-site

All countries

*UWI (L. Roberts-Nkrumah)

30 September 1999

PESTS AND

DISEASES

Citrus

Passionfruit

Mango

Papaya

Control of main pests and diseases

* CIPMNET (J. Mc Donald)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

UWI; CAEI

30 September 1999

PLANT NURSERY

Avocado

Pineapple

Guava

Passionfruit

Quality planting material;

Propagation techniques;

Training

*Jamaica (A. Shand/J. Suah)

Grenada, Dominican Republic

UWI, St. Vincent

30 October 1999

RESEARCH

Sapodilla

Golden-apple

Dwarfing;

Source-sink relationships

* Grenada (R. Andall)

Dominca, Jamaica

UWI, St. Vincent

30 October 1999

POST HARVEST

TECHNOLOGY

Mango

Avocado

Pineapple

Passionfruit

Guava

Papaya Golden-apple

Sapodilla

Residues; transportation;

SPS issues; packaging.

(L. Roberts-Nkrumah)

Workshop to examine PHT problems affecting intra and extra-regional trade (C. Paul)

* UWI (L. Roberts-Nkrumah)

Haiti

Dominica

Cuba

30 October 1999