Tropical Produce Support Project in the West Indies (TROPRO)

Status: Completed

IDG provided technical assistance, infrastructure development, and institutional support to strengthen the private sector capabilities in the production, post-harvest handling, transport, and marketing of non-traditional agricultural export products to regional Grantees. This project primarily benefited private and public sector agents such as farmers, shippers, and marketing. In addition, the project helped strengthen the three regional organizations (Organization of Eastern Caribbean, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, and Caribbean Agricultural Trading Company) responsible for its implementation.

Region

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

Country / Countries

  • West Indies
Latin America and the Caribbean

Areas of Expertise

Private Sector Development

The Tropical Produce Support Project in the West Indies is a project which focused partly on strengthening the West Indies private sector development by providing technical assistance to improve the production, post-harvest handling, transport, and marketing of non-traditional agriculture

Market Systems/Competitiveness

The TROPRO project in the West Indies contributed to the development of three regional organizations: Organization of Eastern Caribbean, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, and Caribbean Agricultural Trading Company.