Research results from the neotropics showed a high positive correlation between plant population densities and yields of marketable berries in hot pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.). Densities were compared on a Piarco Series soil (Ultisols of the Aquoxic Tropudults sub-group) during 2011 in central Trinidad on cv. Moruga Red to determine the density that will produce the highest yields of berries, mean berry weights and mean plant developmental traits. The 16 different densities ranged from 60 x 30 cm to 150 x 120 cm.
Studies
The Air Transport Sector in the CARICOM Region is close to reaching a tipping point. Some domiciled carriers that have made significant contributions to the socio-economic welfare of the economies they have served over the years, are going through a period of uncertainty. The airlines continue to make losses, with shareholder governments concerned about having to prop them up indefinitely.
The purpose of this study is to analyse the Caribbean regional integration process, to help identify options for moving it forward. This in turn will help to inform future strategic engagement by different stakeholders with a view to facilitating and assisting in the development of the regional integration agenda...
The Study on Agrotourism Policy forms part of the Strategic Plan for Regional Development (SPRD) for the Caribbean Community that will give strategic focus to the achievement of Community goals and objectives in keeping with the Single Development Vision. The Plan will a ddress (i) self -sustaining economic growth; (ii) a full - employment economy; and (iii) spatially equitable economic growth within the Community as stated in the Single Development Vision that was approved by the Conference of Heads of Government in July 2007.
Within the services sector tourism is the mainstay of the majority of regional economies. This is particularly the case of the smaller economies of CARICOM, where tourism plays an important social role and has a major impact on their financial stability and their external position. The United States constitutes the main tourist market for the larger Caribbean countries, including those of the Hispanic Caribbean, the Dutch West Indies, the French West Indies and the US territories, and accounts for 53% of the total number of tourist arrivals followed by Europe (23%).