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Two business initiatives of The facilities of its labs at the CRU and its University of the West Indies are expertise. For The UWI, it will be an underway that may further opportunity to help provide funding demonstrate its unique position in for the CRU, which has generally terms of the international value of come from international agencies its Cocoa Research Unit (CRU), recognising the value of its work, custodian of the International Cocoa and of course the significance of its Genebank, Trinidad (ICG, T). prestigious ICG, T. Earlier this year, following Hoping to encourage economic initiatives led by Trinidad and Tobago’s diversification regionally, The UWI Ambassador to Venezuela, Razia Ali, a has also offered similar services to group of executives from the company, Grenada, another of the exclusive Chocolates El Rey (CER), visited the eight countries, whose cocoa industry St Augustine Campus as part of a collapsed after being ravaged by recent mission to locate a new home for their hurricanes. operations. Meeting with representatives Ambassador Ali, a former director from the Ministry of Agriculture of the International Trade and and other relevant parties, Principal Economic Relations Division of the Sankat and a team including Dr David Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advised Rampersad. the chocolate producers, who have Director of Business Development, been in business since 1929, that discussed helping Grenada to rebuild the political and economic climate Sweet Deals its economy with technical and other in T&T, coupled with outstanding Exquisite Chocolates from assistance. Grenada’s cocoa industry, technological resources at the CRU, like T&T’s primarily comprises could provide them with advantages to Our Finest Cocoa House farmers with small holdings, but be had nowhere else in the world.
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