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Sweet Potato Research and Improvement in the Caribbean Region
Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Vincent
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 12.06.1991 |
Signed | 17.06.1991 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Executing Agency | Int'l Center for Potato Research (CIP) |
Co-financiers | OPEC Fund, CIP (core budget) |
Organization | CIP |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.06 |
Total Project Cost (USDm) | 0.17 |
This grant was allocated to the Sweet Potato Research and Improvement in the Caribbean Region, to solve the major problem of the declining sweet potato production in the Caribbean region, caused by the weevil complex. The beneficiay countries were Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Vincent and other small Caribbean islands.