Monday 27 March 2023

RAYNEAU STARTS A RENAISSANCE IN THE CONOLIDATED MARKETING OF OECS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE


The end of the green gold period within the OECS has forced many farmers to diversify to new quick-cash crops. This diversification has also brought with it its challenges which created other issues for these new crop farmers – among these issues – shipping.

The formation of RAYNEAU INDUSTRIES, a newly formed food export business in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has taken on the task to provide a marketing platform, initially for the farmers of St Vincent and the Grenadines.  

The list of commodities, butternut squash, cabbage, callaloo, dasheen, bananas, yams, plantains, ginger, eddoes, and turmeric, on Wednesday, 22nd, March 2023, was exported via container from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States Virgin Islands.

The purchaser in the USVI, Mr. Ferdinand Francis of Francis Commercial Farming, noted that all the commodities arrived in premium condition.

Rayneau Industries has conducted this first trial shipment mainly to gauge the success rate in the quality of the goods transported.  CEO of Rayneau Industries Mr. Rayneau Gajadhar noted that this first success has opened limitless opportunities to the farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the rest of the OECS. He stated that “We are starting in SVG to work with the farmers to create an export platform that can create excellent someday payment to farmers. Together we will make this work”.

in thanking Mr. Gajadhar for the confidence he has shown in the agriculture sector in SVG, Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Saboto Caesar,  stated, “I have always preached the need for a consolidated marketing platform created through a public/private partnership. This can very well be the start of a renaissance in the consolidated marketing of Windwards agricultural produce. It is a wake-up call to all stakeholders in the agriculture sector to expand production exponentially. Imagine that, we exported cabbage and butternut squash!”

Persons who would like to see this project expand to the other islands are already responding to this initiative with these questions:

1.       So when is St Lucia starting?

2.       This is great news, hope we get our products out of St Lucia

3.       Congratulations to Rayneau and the Vincey Team

In addition to the farmers, the shipment was made possible with the technical support of the Ministry of Agriculture, local shippers, and Alvin “Buffer” Collins. Rayneau Industries is represented locally by Annette Mark former CEO of Invest SVG and Richard Branch former Banker.

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