The UWI St Augustine Campus' Cocoa Research Centre (CRC) will on Tuesday host a research and innovation workshop, titled From lab, to farm, to product.
The workshop, mounted by the CRC in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy and Atlantic LNG, will showcase the outputs of its recently-concluded project, Leveraging the International Cocoa Genebank to Improve Competitiveness of the Cocoa Sector in the Caribbean, Using Modern Genomics.
The public workshop will give interested persons and industry stakeholders insight into innovative methods aimed at improving production and quality. It aims to provide strategies for product diversification and niche marketing that can position this industry as another diversification option for T&T.
It takes place from 8.45 am at the University Inn and Conference Centre at UWI and in attendance will be Clarence Rambharat Minister of Agriculture, Land & Fisheries, Dr Rikhi Permanand of the Ministry of Planning & Sustainable Development and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xingyuan.