Promotion of local produce could be optimized by:

 1. Educating the local population about the significance of
 domestic food and crop production; and
 2. Undertaking, with other countries, joint promotion for
 commodities.

A viable food information base could be created by:

 1. Encouraging universities, colleges, government agencies,
 and organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce to
 collect, organize, store, and disseminate food market infor-
 mation;
 2. Establishing food market information centers in each
 island;
 3. Networking among information centers; and


 4. Setting up inventories of vital components of the food and
 crop industries, e.g., climatical data, shipping and freight,
 industry experts, and industry services.
CONCLUSION
 This paper has attempted to review the background of the ma-
jor marketing structures of island economies, with a special focus
on the Eastern Caribbean islands. The intra-island, inter-island,
and island-to-mainland market structures provided a framework
for analyzing food marketing for island economies. The analysis
provided a basis for the suggested strategies for effective food
marketing. The size of the paper, however, did not allow full
development of the suggested strategies. Nevertheless, it is
hoped that the five strategies will aid interested parties in the
development of effective food marketing strategies for island
economies.


Acknowledgement
 The author is grateful to Oliver David, Research Assistant, College of the Virgin
Islands.

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APPENDICES


 REGIONAL TRADE ANALYSIS BY CROP/FOOD PRODUCT
SITC COMMODITY COUNTRY EXPORTS($) IMPORTS($) YEAR


06 Sugar and
 Preps Honey


Antigua 998 1978
Barbados -26,889- .- 1978
B.V.I. 204 -- 1976
Dominica .- .. 954 .....1978
Jamaica .. 55,545 5,556 1980
Montserrat 253 ...... 1978
St Lucia 2,974 1980
St Vincent 1,115 .....1976
Trinidad/T 31,902 ---15,084 1981
U.S.V.I; -....... 3422 1978


$ = U.S.Dollars
Source: United Nations Annual Statistical Country Reports, 1981


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 REGIONAL TRADE ANALYSIS BY CROP/FOOD PRODUCT REGIONAL TRADE-ANALYSIS BY-CROP/FOOD PRODUCT
SITC COMMODITY COUNTRY-- EXPORTS($) IMPORTS($) YEAR SITC COMMODITY ..... COUNTRY EXPORTS($) IMPORTS($) YEAR
1 Beverages Antigua 576 -1460 ---- 1978 12 Tobacco Antigua ~. ..- 128 ... 1978
 and Tobacco Barbados 4;8199 5,-603 1978 and Ucfrs Barbados- 1;150- 1,320 -......-1978
 B.V.I. ---. 33 1,055 .. -1976 B.V.I; ... 5 ... 57 --- 1976
 Dominica ---- --94- 1.181 ........ 1978 Dominica ---------- .......162 ..... -1978
 Jamaica 29,565 6,557 ...1980 Jamaica 10,123- 4957 -1980
 Montserrat --------4 ----- 684 ------ 1978 Montserrat -...... -91 -- -1978
 St Lucia 3;138- -. 3i055 ..... 1980 St Lucia .. ..- 761 .. 1980
 St Vincent -------11 --- 264 -----1976 St Vincent .... 191 ... 1976
 Trinidad/T 8,898 --33,006 ----- 1981 Trinidad/T .......- ........1981
 U.S.V.-I; -- -- 19;592 ------- 1978 U.S.V.I.; ..... 2760 ---1978
S = U.S. Dollars S = '. S. Dollars
Source: United Nations Annual Statistical Country Reports, 1981 Source: United Nations Annual Statistical Country Reports, 1981


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