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Sweet Potato Research and Improvement in the Caribbean Region
Cuba, Dominican Republic
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 13.06.1995 |
Signed | 20.06.1995 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Executing Agency | International Potato Center (CIP), |
Co-financiers | OPEC Fund, CIP core budget |
Organization | CIP |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.06 |
Total Project Cost (USDm) | 0.32 |
The program aimed at improving the productivity of the sweet potato by introducing new methods for controlling the sweet potato weevil. These methods were developed, integrated and tested under farmers' conditions in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.