The noteworthy strides which Guyana’s agro processing sector continues to make, largely through the diligence and creativity of a clutch of mostly micro and small businesses – and which can benefit incrementally from a more generous measure of state support – was again manifested recently with the disclosure that the local Only Coconuts brand of agro produce was named among other brands from the Caribbean that ‘turned heads’ at the October 15-19 SIAL Paris 2022 Product Display event at Paris Nord Villepinte in France.
The citation will be particularly pleasing to a wider local agro processing sector which, over the years, has incrementally attracted plaudits locally, regionally and international for its creative use of farm produce in its manufacturing pursuits catching the eyes and tantalizing the taste buds of a broad swathe of consumers, both in Guyana and abroad.
