Cotton has gradually gone down in acreage in the Dominican
Republic because of world competition. China, Taiwan and a
host of other countries have aggressive and expanding textile in-
dustries, causing concern in the United States about this competi-
tion with the local cotton producers and textile companies,
leading to a reduction in fibre, fabric and garment imports.
 In sum then, we look at non-traditional agriculture as an at-
 tempt to produce a fairly familiar crop for which there is an ex-
 isting market, which requires no decade long periods of research
 or high capital inputs, and which will benefit the small land-
 owner as well as the larger farmer.
 dation was to increase beekeeping, a well established industry in
 the Republic. There are waiting markets not only for honey, but
 pollen and propolis in the United States and Europe. In each case
 the recommendations were based on existing skills, ready
 markets, and low capital investment needed to provide both
 employment and gains for the small grower.
 Unfortunately the sponsoring group thought strawberries,
tomatoes and cotton sounder. The import of strawberries and
tomatoes from the irrigated Rio Grande Valley into the United
States is staggeringly large, so that a new entry into this field
would have heavy competition and a longer shipping distance.


'Solo' papaya variety. (Left) typical pear-shaped hermaphrodite fruit, from which
seed can be saved for propagation purposes; (right) typical melon-shaped female
fruit from which seed should not be saved.


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Papaya
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of papaya in the U.S. Virgin Islands. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 1(3).
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 Cassava
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18(3).
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for starch extraction. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 1(3).
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Ceiba 14(1).
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development of cassava in tanks. Ceiba 16(2).
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with manihot. Ceiba.

Wild Plants
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Behrein, Saudi-Arabia. Central Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 102.
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plants of the United States. Times Books.
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from natural sources. Doubleday.


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 Understory
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 47. 1974. Understory plants in a mature lobloggy pine plantation in
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