Roots and Tubers Symposium stresses the importance of root crops
Channel: Saint Lucia Government
Date: 10/11/2022

The Roots and Tubers Symposium provided a platform that brought together key stakeholders at national and international levels to foster, stimulate and support the improvement of tropical root crop production and utilization.

Farmers in Saint Lucia, who have traditionally grown tropical root crops such as cassava, yams, dasheen, and sweet potatoes, were given the opportunity to engage in dialogue with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, WUSC Caribbean, the Saint Lucia Marketing Board, and other sector agencies, where they shared and compared knowledge on how they can contribute to the transformation of global agri-food systems.