Wednesday, July 28 2010

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By-products like mango paper were on display....

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Mangoes reigned last Sunday, at the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival.

In its second year running, the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival, under the auspices of the Network of Rural Women Producers (NRWP) of Trinidad and Tobago and co-organised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), not only focussed on promoting the use of mangoes as an avenue for generating income as an alternative livelihood, but was also the perfect environment for families to spend the day, learning about over 40 varieties of mangoes. The vast variety of mangoes showcased during the festival included Peter, Smith, Caura, Round, Calabash, Belly Full, Rose and Haden.

Held at the University Field Station in Mount Hope, patrons learned about grafting mango trees, and all the other by-products that can be produced out of mangoes, mango paper, like mango sugar (used in massages), mango soap and other toiletries and also featured a mango market.