POTENTIAL FOR HERBS AND SPICES PRODUCTION IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AND METHODS OF THEIR PROPAGATION

P. Bridgemohan and R. Griffith

No 261367, 21st Annual Meeting, September 8-13, 1985, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from Caribbean Food Crops Society

Abstract: The potential for herbs and spices production in Trinidad and Tobago is favourable on account of the climatic and soil conditions. At present there is a flourishing trade in manufactured packaged spices, but due to high cost of production and unavailability of suitable planting material, spice cultivation will be restricted to tumeric, ginger, peppers and now cardamoms. A review of the methods of propagation of a wide range of culinary, medicinal and perfumery herbs and spices is presented. ----- Las posibllidades de produccidn de hierbas y especias en Trinidad y Tobago son favorables, debido a las condiciones del clima y del suelo. Existe actualmente un comercio floreciente de especias manufacturadas y envasadas, pero, debido a los altos costes de producci6n y la inasequibilidad de material de pIantaci6n adecubdo, el cultivo de especias se restdingira a la curcuma longa, eljengibde, las pimientas y, ultimamente, los cardamomos. Seresume los metodos de propagaci6n de una serie de hierbas y especias usadas en Ia cocina, la medecina y la perfumeria.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 1985-09-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.261367

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