Dear Editor,
Ask anyone in the English Caribbean which country has the most potential to become the ‘breadbasket of the Caribbean’ and they will say – Guyana. Ask anyone in the Dominican Republic and they will disagree.
The following extract was taken from the Dominican Sun of May 7, 2008: “The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed confidence in the Dominican Republic’s (DR) ability to set up a program aimed at solving food shortage problems throughout the Caribbean. The project to convert the DR into the breadbasket of the Caribbean could be pushed forward with the help of the UN and developed countries; it has a projected cost of between US$800 million and US$1 billion.