Bio-diversity

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Indigenous women who extract oil from the Krappa nuts living in the Apoera village. The methodolgoy of extracting the oil, is a very old tradition of the Indigenous, passed on from generation to generation. The Centre for Agricultural Research from the university will support this project, training the local people on optimizing the extraction methodology of the krappa oil, supporting in branding and marketing of their products, as well as recruiting young local women to learn this tradition of extracting the oil.

Suriname