THE INTRODUCTION OF ALOE VERA TO TOBAGO AS A COMMERCIAL CROP

P. Collins and M. Imbert

No 259903, 25th Annual Meeting, July 1-6, 1989, Gosier, Guadeloupe from Caribbean Food Crops Society

Abstract: The co-operation between the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI), the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Tobago House of Assembly in preliminary research work on Aloe vera led to the development of a Co-operative which now processes Aloe vera gel commercially. Current research and future perspectives are summarized. The future of this innovation work is linked to opening of market, complementary to the locally existing ones (drinks, yoghurt...), above all for export (cosmetic products, freezedried gel), to improvement of fertilization and weeding while monitoring the residues, and also to diversifying the activities of the cooperative. ----- La coopération entre l'Institut de Recherche Industriel Caraïbe (CARIBI), l'Institut de Recherche et de développement Agricole Caraïbe (CARDI) et la Chambre de l'Assemblée de Tobago, conduit, à partir d'un travail de recherche préliminaire, à la mise en place d'une Coopérative qui traite aujourd'hui commercialement du gel d'Aloe vera. La recherche en cours et les perspectives prochaines sont résumées. L'avenir de cette innovation tient à l'ouverture de marchés complémentaires à ceux existants localement (boissons, yaourt...) notamment en exportation (cosmétique, gel congelé), à l'amélioration de la fertilisation et du déherbage en suiveillant les résidus et aussi à la diversification des activités de la coopérative.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 1989-07-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259903

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