PROJECT UPDATE – 5000 Antigua Black plantlets to be transplanted this week by Carol-Faye Bynoe-George

The third phase of the Antigua Black Rehabilitation Project is scheduled for this week.   The plantlets previously received from the lab in St. Vincent was under the care of technicians for the hardening process.  It is anticipated that after the completion of the hardening stage of the plantlets done at CARDI, the transplanting of 5000 plantlets will be during the 18th and 19th February.  Simultaneously, at Cades Bay Agricultural Station, with the assistance from APUA pipelines for water, under the supervision of Mr. Bradbury Browne the irrigation system and other preparation were done. Today, 17th February, the final phase of the land prepping is in process and near completion.  The Ministry of Agriculture and its partner, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) are both pleased with the progress of this project.