Trinidad and Tobago is famous for its hot peppers and pepper sauces. Recently the country made headlines when the world learned that the Moruga Scorpion is the hottest on the planet.
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The Caribbean region has hundreds of species of hot peppers. And now, CARDI - the Caribbean Agriculture and Research Development Institute - is paying closer attention to hot peppers.
CARDI has been pursuing a comprehensive research and developmental agenda for enhancing the viability and uniqueness of the hot pepper industry in the Caribbean.
It includes:
Since 1996 CARDI has led a group of researchers in collecting, characterizing, evaluating and identifying suitable types of hot pepper genotypes, from around the region, for cultivation in the Caribbean.
These include Yellow Scotch Bonnet, West Indies Red, CARDI Green, Habanero, Big Sun, Tiger Teeth, Cayenne Pepper, Wirri Wirri, CARDI Moruga Red, CARDI Congo Pepper, Peggy Mouth, Goat Pepper, Bonnie Pepper, Bonda Majaque, among others.
From 2003 CARDI’s Trinidad and Tobago Unit has undertaken the collection, purification and stabilization of seven hot pepper commercial landraces, peculiar to the country, which have high market demand. Since then, the pure seed of the Moruga red is being commercially produced.
In October 2010, CARDI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Limited (CCAL), the largest input supplier for agriculture in the English-Speaking Caribbean to utilize its distribution network, in a novel new way – termed reverse distribution - to market local hot pepper seeds of West Indies Red, CARDI Green, CARDI Moruga Red and Scotch Bonnet.
CARDI has been pursuing a comprehensive research and developmental agenda for enhancing the viability and uniqueness of the hot pepper industry in the Caribbean.
It includes:
- the development and improvement of varieties of commercial importance across the region
- the purification and stabilization of indigenous varieties of interest in specific countries
- the production of high quality seeds for the bourgeoning hot pepper industry; and the establishment of productivity indices and investment profiles for these varieties
Since 1996 CARDI has led a group of researchers in collecting, characterizing, evaluating and identifying suitable types of hot pepper genotypes, from around the region, for cultivation in the Caribbean.
These include Yellow Scotch Bonnet, West Indies Red, CARDI Green, Habanero, Big Sun, Tiger Teeth, Cayenne Pepper, Wirri Wirri, CARDI Moruga Red, CARDI Congo Pepper, Peggy Mouth, Goat Pepper, Bonnie Pepper, Bonda Majaque, among others.
From 2003 CARDI’s Trinidad and Tobago Unit has undertaken the collection, purification and stabilization of seven hot pepper commercial landraces, peculiar to the country, which have high market demand. Since then, the pure seed of the Moruga red is being commercially produced.
In October 2010, CARDI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Limited (CCAL), the largest input supplier for agriculture in the English-Speaking Caribbean to utilize its distribution network, in a novel new way – termed reverse distribution - to market local hot pepper seeds of West Indies Red, CARDI Green, CARDI Moruga Red and Scotch Bonnet.
CCAL’s distribution network currently extends to countries including Brazil, Taiwan, Guatemala, India and Costa Rica.
Farmers can access the Hot Pepper Production Manual for Trinidad and Tobago on the Institute’s website – www.cardi.org
Farmers can access the Hot Pepper Production Manual for Trinidad and Tobago on the Institute’s website – www.cardi.org
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