Grenada launches spice replanting program

Grenada’s Ministry of Agriculture is intensifying its efforts to extend the manufacturing of spices on the island with the launch of the Spice Replanting Program.

Throughout the current launch within the southeastern parish of St. David, it was introduced that the federal government desires to have 100,000 spices below manufacturing in varied areas across the island.

Earlier than Hurricane Ivan in 2004, St. David cultivated varied spices – nutmeg, cocoa, pimento, cinnamon, nutmeg, sapote, and tonka bean, amongst others.

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Nonetheless, the lack of spice plantations, coupled with poor administration of present fields, resulted in a major decline.

“This occasion signifies the federal government’s critical perspective in the direction of agriculture. This would be the first official backyard of this venture,” stated minister of state with accountability for Agriculture and Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Adrian Thomas, as he underscored the significance of beginning this system in St. David.

“St. David is the King of Spice in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique. Clove, cinnamon, sapote, clove, tonka bean, and the likes have been all identified to be produced in St. David.”

The venture won’t focus solely on the standard and domestically identified spices, it is going to additionally permit for the introduction of recent spices to Grenada. Thomas stated it’s the authorities’s accountability to make sure that the “Isle of Spice” is retained and maintained.

The Spice Replanting Program can be applied in each parish in Grenada.

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