“The More You Cut It, The More It Grows!” Capers Could Save Water and Make Money for Cypriot Growers

“The More You Cut It, The More It Grows!”
Capers Could Save Water and Make Money for Cypriot Growers

EDGE project organized a three-day training course on capers and caper production from March 3 to 5 Given local growing conditions and global agricultural prices, capers may be lucrative and water-wise alternative for Cypriot growers to consider. In response to tremendous demand for information and technical assistance on how capers might be profitably grown in Cyprus, the USAID-funded Economic Development and Growth for Enterprises (EDGE) project organized a three-day training course on capers and caper production from March 3 to 5, 2008.

With regional and international experts, the group moved from a discussion of global trends in niche commodities such as capers to the fields where the latest techniques in cultivation were demonstrated in a hands-on and practical manner. Increasing local knowledge of alternative crop production and marketing will contribute to long-term sustainability.

Like all like all U.S. government programs in Cyprus, EDGE is aimed at facilitating reunification of the island, including through encouraging responsible and market-driven economic growth. More information on caper production and EDGE’s work in the area of agribusiness can be obtained from agrinews@edge-bearingpoint.com.

Edge Fact Sheet on Capers [223k - pdf]

Increasing local knowledge of alternative crop production and marketing will contribute to long-term sustainability

The group moved from a discussion of global trends in niche commodities such as capers to the fields where the latest techniques in cultivation were demonstrated