GRENADA’S AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE TRANSFORMATION: 1946–PRESENT

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GRENADA’S AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE TRANSFORMATION: 1946–PRESENT

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== Introduction ==
<big>Agriculture and international trade have played an important role in Grenada’s economic development. Historical records from the colonial period show an economy strongly connected to agriculture, estates and the export of primary products. Modern statistics show a smaller agricultural land base, a predominantly smallholder farming sector and a wider range of goods being imported and exported.</big>

<big>This section compares Grenada’s agricultural and trade position from the period covered by</big> <big>The Grenada Handbook ''and Directory,1946'' with more recent statistical information</big>.

'''Historical references:'''<ref name=":0">Grenada Handbook and Directory, 1946 - Google Books</ref> . The handbook was compiled by E. Gittens Knight and published in 1946 by the Barbados Advocate in collaboration with the Government of Grenada.

'''Modern References:''' <ref>Grenada Growth Rate Of Gross Value Added By Economic Activity (Industry) In Current Prices (%), 2010 to 2023 -</ref> Grenada Central Statistical Office (CSO), Grenada Census of Agriculture 2023, and Grenada Government records.

== Agriculture in historical Grenada ==

=== Early crops ===
<big>The 1946 handbook identifies the following crops among Grenada’s early agricultural production:</big>

* <big>Sugar</big>
* <big>Indigo</big>
* <big>Cotton</big>
* <big>Cacao</big>

<big>'''Cacao:''' According to "The Grenada handbook" cacao appears to have been introduced into Grenada around '''1714'''.</big>

'''<big>Sugar</big>'''

<big>Before the abolition of slavery:</big>

* <big>Sugar was the principal agricultural crop.</big>
* <big>Sugar was mainly cultivated on lower-lying lands.</big>
* <big>Mountainous areas were used for field crops and partly for cacao.</big>

<big>Following emancipation:</big>

* <big>The sugar industry declined considerably.</big>
* <big>Difficulties obtaining labour affected plantation agriculture.</big>
* <big>Grenada faced competition from sugar produced with enslaved labour elsewhere in the Caribbean.<ref name=":0" /> agriculture section page 103</big>

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