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The Round Table on the Development of Aromatics and Spices Handling, Processing, Packaging, Quality Control and Marketing in the CARICOM countries was organized by the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, with the collaboration and cosponsorship of the Grenada Produce Chemist Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Marketing, Industry, Energy and Production of Grenada. The event, carried out as part of the activities of the Caribbean Technical Cooperation Network on Agroindustrial Development, established by this FAO Regional Office in the Sub-Region, was held in St. George's, Grenada, from 12 to 15 October 1993.
The corresponding Proceedings were published by this Office in 1994 as No. 24 of AGRIN Series.
The FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean has the pleasure of presenting this technical manual "Production, Handling and Processing of Nutmeg and Mace and their Culinary Uses". FAO hopes that this publication will lead to a better understanding of this produce, and that it will contribute towards the consolidation of the important agricultural sector related with aromatics and spices.
Severino de Melo Araujo
Assistant Director-General
Regional Representative for Latin
America and the Caribbean