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Resourceful Pomeroon women exploit agri-processing
Pomeroon is still acclaimed as the bread basket of the Caribbean region. It still has an abundance of edible and natural resources that are certainly not going to waste.
Som of the agri products on display.
A group of resourceful women from Siriki in the Upper Pomeroon River are putting some of those resources to good use.
Aligning themselves to form a group, 15 women are today producing some of the most delightful agro processing products. Apart, from the virgin coconut oil, cherry wine, sorrel wine, jam and the pepper sauce that the women produce, the Acai berry wine have been gaining impressive reviews.
The berries that are used to make the wine are sourced from the forest in the Pomeroon River. They have been described among the leading berries internationally and the wine is a healthy drink, a local product that helps to detox the body.
Vanessa D’Aguiar, the leader of the group, said that the concept for the Acai berry wine was adopted from neighboring Brazil. She said that the wine serves as a complete health drink. So far the product has been gaining rapid attention.
D’Aguiar said that an employee assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture sampled the Acai berry wine and saw encouraging results for an acne condition.
She said that the group’s focal position is to access markets for the products. While bottling and labeling are done by the women, the bottles to store the product have to be obtained from the city.
And while those women are being self sufficient, they are also exposed to training and exhibition opportunities to further promote their products.
And like the new women’s group at Siriki Sand, several other private individuals are producing and exporting bottled coconut water.
President David Granger, while on a previous visit to Charity, encouraged mostly Pomeroon farmers to get into the business of Agro-processing.
Granger has assessed the potential and the viability of the Pomeroon community, especially with its natural and citrus resources. He is also convinced that those resources can be put to good use, especially in the long term and create more employment. (Yannason Duncan)
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