{"id":280174,"date":"2022-01-24T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=280174"},"modified":"2022-01-24T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:55:12","slug":"government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Packaged toloma farine by Toloma Women in Action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trade minister Ian Douglas has announced that the government has plans in place for the export of farine on a much larger scale since it\u2019s in high demand in countries in the region, especially Guadeloupe and Martinique.<\/p>\n

The minister, who spoke on Kairi Fm\u2019s Heng recently, said some small factories are being constructed in a few communities to process the farine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a small factory in Calibishie; we are doing 2 in the East, 1 in the Kalinago Territory and 1 up in the Delices area, so that we can take the raw produce, the manioc and cassava and turn it into farine\u2026,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is selling very well in the French department of Martinique and Guadeloupe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas also mentioned toloma and ginger as other big sellers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in very high demand,\u201d he stated. \u201cThen we have the essential oils including bay oil, coconut oil [and] castor oil. These things are doing very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWe just have to be able to up our game to package the product properly and that is why the government is helping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas went on to state that the government has invested\u00a0 in equipment for bay oil farmers, coconut oil farmers, castor oil farmers to enable them to improve the quality and the quantity of their product, \u201cso that they can get a better price on the foreign market, especially in the French departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that there are a lot of farmers, for example, who are making cocoa sticks in their kitchen and do not have the capital to invest in the proper equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of us having to buy the equipment for 50 to 60 of those small cocoa stick makers, we are going to construct a facility where all of them can come, grind the cocoa, turn them into cocoa sticks,\u201d Douglas revealed.<\/p>\n

He said The Bureau of Standards will help with the labeling.<\/p>\n

The Trade Minister also stated that government has a contract with the Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) for a container of 650 pails of passion fruit pulp to be shipped to Martinique every month.<\/p>\n

He encourages farmers who have the available land to plant passion fruit in order to benefit from this arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working with the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure that the production is there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dominica News Online (DNO) contacted Operations Manager of DEXIA Multi-Purpose Packhouse, Bristol Lawrence, who said that as part of its value-added program, the company has been shipping passion fruit pulps to the regional market where there is currently a monthly demand for 25,000 lbs.<\/p>\n

He also encourages farmers to keep planting passion fruit.<\/p>\n

Bristol added that from 2021-2022 July to December has been a very good year for DEXIA as it relates to sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last six months we registered a total sale of produce amounting to\u00a0 $1,319,092.00. The main export crop was plantains $443,353 followed by dasheen of $338,221.00,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe have been doing fortnightly shipment of dasheen to the UK as you can see in the photo, and we have resumed shipment which will be leaving tomorrow for the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meantime, DNO contacted Manager of the Dominica Essential Oils,\u00a0Garnet Eloi, who indicated that production is ongoing, however sales are down in the regional and international markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sales of bay oil are down as we speak due to Covid-19,\u201d he remarked. \u201cAll the markets for bay oil are closed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He anticipated that business will \u201cpick-up\u201d during the second quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Several boxes of dasheen, packed and ready for export<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade minister Ian Douglas has announced that the government has plans in place for the export of farine on a much larger scale since it\u2019s in high demand in countries in the region, especially Guadeloupe and Martinique. The minister, who…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":94541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,77,235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGovernment plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trade minister Ian Douglas has announced that the government has plans in place for the export of farine on a much larger scale since it\u2019s in high demand in countries in the region, especially Guadeloupe and Martinique. The minister, who...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\"},\"headline\":\"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":617,\"commentCount\":10,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/GEDC3397.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Homepage\",\"Homepage Carousel\",\"News\",\"Regional\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/\",\"name\":\"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/GEDC3397.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/GEDC3397.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/GEDC3397.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1536,\"caption\":\"Packaged toloma farine by Toloma Women in Action\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/joni-durand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online","og_description":"Trade minister Ian Douglas has announced that the government has plans in place for the export of farine on a much larger scale since it\u2019s in high demand in countries in the region, especially Guadeloupe and Martinique. The minister, who...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1536,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4"},"headline":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region","datePublished":"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/"},"wordCount":617,"commentCount":10,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","articleSection":["Business","Homepage","Homepage Carousel","News","Regional"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/","name":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-24T15:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-24T18:55:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","width":2048,"height":1536,"caption":"Packaged toloma farine by Toloma Women in Action"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-plans-to-increase-farine-exports-to-the-region\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government plans to increase farine exports to the region"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/joni-durand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GEDC3397.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280174"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280207,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280174\/revisions\/280207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}