SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic has more than 55 products with pre-market studies ready to industrialize, of which agreements were already signed to market them locally: bananas, flour wafers, cassava, yautía and squash; dry fruits, raisins from Neyba (southwest), Tabasco liquid, and hot red peppers in seasoning and powdered, raised in greenhouses.
Biotechnology and Industrial Innovation Institute (IIBI) director Bernarda Castillo said the Herrera industries agreed to adopt all lines of the brand Nopal, to make shampoo and a humidifier cream, and will also produce juice from the medicinal fruit jagua, as well as a personal hygienic product for women.
She said the first IIBI’s product is liquid ginger which already sells in Puerto Rico technological innovations which only the Dominicans know their value, citing cassava flour, plantains and bananas. "We’re overjoyed that the five products to be developed to sell in the local market are with Dominican industrialists ".
Castillo also revealed that the IIBI is funding research on a molecule of the plant maguey, used in the rural areas to fight infections and inflammations. “We are conducting research in which maguey was proven positive is an anti-carcinogenic by the University of Ohio, against lung, breast and prostate cancer, but it’s a long term study.”
Written by: Escott, 12 Oct 2009 11:36 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera and Sosua a 2 days a month for payday
Ah I think 24 hour electric and drinking water should be brougt to market first for some reason...
Written by: xwill7, 12 Oct 2009 1:09 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
who will be incharge of the quality control?
Written by: anthonyC, 12 Oct 2009 2:15 PM
From: United States
"who will be incharge of the quality control?"
The free market is the best quality control there is.
Written by: xwill7, 12 Oct 2009 2:42 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
stuff better not get rejected when it reaches Florida
From: United States
one word; ELECTRICITY.
Written by: xwill7, 12 Oct 2009 5:29 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Dominican avocados, cocos, and platanos have been reaching the Chicago market but more is needed. The supply is not consistant, many markets mix and match items
Written by: mrweepa1, 12 Oct 2009 7:11 PM
From: United States, Huntington Station NY. Juan Dolio DR.
Dominican avocados, cocos, and platanos have never been here in New York, Most are from Cost Rica or mexico.
Written by: dagtan, 12 Oct 2009 7:27 PM
From: United States
This is very since the DR can not continue to bank on the service economy for it survival in the future. It must next begin the process of importing skills into the island, so natives could be trained. China will serve as a good example, since Dominican money has the vale as chinese money. In china is any corporation is going to built a new factory, public work, they must train the locals and teach them the skills they bring with them.
This is the reason why china is only behind india in the production of software and its manufacturing industry has really developed in the last 20 years. This expansion has gotten china to even feel comfortable to compete with biggies as the U.S. and Japan in the auto industry. Moreover, they have put those skills to work by building around the world via loans to developing nations.
venezuela is another good example who is currently benefiting from russian skills importation and adaptation by locals in the country.
Written by: juanb, 12 Oct 2009 8:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The government will never allow the education system to improve. Independent, intelligent people would not put up with their BS.
Written by: bearcat, 12 Oct 2009 8:46 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Thank you again Dagtan,
We are here to build three alternative energy plants that pay US scale but we have to bring in techincal people from Asia and Europe which is 75% of the payroll because the skill level here is so poor. The reason poor schools. My grandfather taught me how to build a factory but never how to build a school. New products are great but you do not leave China with the money becuase they can produce the people who can do the work. Their is money in keeping people ignorant but more money in educating them. Government has not figured that out yet.
Written by: dagtan, 12 Oct 2009 9:30 PM
From: United States
juanb and bearcat, remember that the most difficult people to govern are those who are EDUCATED, HEALTHY AND COMFORTABLE. The government knows this and is clearly making sure that the population stays uneducated. The last time I checked only 65% of the Dominican population can be considered literate.
However, there some here that have been brain washed to think that all the misfortunes of the DR is due to the Haitian issue. I am very happy to find people like you, people who see the problem for what it is.
If the Lie-onel government really wants to help our people become competitive in the current global economy, he needs to remember that without a bio-chemistry, physic, architecture, software engineer, micro-biology, mba, ed.d, ph.d and others, the country will never stop being a service society. The country is currently used like a pleasure island, which is there to serve.
Written by: xwill7, 13 Oct 2009 10:34 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
mnw,
I am shocked. I would think that NY would be stocked up on Dominican items. But its the same here, most avocados are from costa rica and the black mexican avocados are every where. Bananas are all from guatemala, costa rica, and equador. I even bought some pairs that were from south africa.
From: United States
dagtan offers this
. The last time I checked only 65% of the Dominican population can be considered literate.
and, dagtan, that means being able to read,only. what percentage of that 65% understands what they read? i posted before that there is a concerted effort in this country to restrict information and knowledge to a very few people. try this; stop a group of people in the street. ask them all what direction is Puerto Rico from us, north, south ,east, or west. see how many can answer that question.
Written by: xwill7, 13 Oct 2009 12:01 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
have them spell Que... they will write Kue
Written by: dagtan, 13 Oct 2009 12:29 PM
From: United States
Well, yes, dread and xwill7, it is basic compulsory education. Meaning that they can read and write, but it does not mean that they are able to critically crtique a book or write a prublishable documents. That % is for thos who have a post graduate education and I do not have number since, it has never been published by the DR education department.
Understand that even LIE-ONEL has limited education to be the president of a nation. He has a master degree in social working or socialogy, I might be wrong on one of them, but it is close. I need to go to the DR institute at city college which is where he got is education.
There many of us Dominicans here in NYC who are working on doctorates from prestigious schools. This alone makes us more educated than our president.
He understand that by keeping the people ingnorant, hungry, sick and malnourished, they are easy pray to stereotypes and scape goating.
Written by: xwill7, 13 Oct 2009 12:44 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
can win them over with a botellita de brugal
From: United States, New Haven, CT
I've been trying to start a Quality Control services company for over a year now to deal with the defficiencies in the pharmaceutical industry, but guess what because of a presidential decree the only place that can do the analysis is Laboratorios Dr. Defillo who lacks the technology, qualified personnel, and just plain old dedication to bring quality production standards to the island.
Why do they do this? well because they can, no one else can even get access to crucial market data for sales and productions so no investors will even touch it!!
and I'll tell you what those new products will never take off either as long as gov. stooges give preference in business dealings to their hick cousins...
And that's the Truth, with some Cheese on it!!
From: United States, New Haven, CT
Atabey,
I'm sure most people on this forum will agree with you, we all know that education is the driving force behind innovation and industrialization, and well The Dominican politicians also know that, trust me I've seen them speak at Yale and in the DR with charismatic rhetoric about making a better future; however the just of the matter is modernization is slow in DR because of the politicians blocking major avenues for new industries to be created.
for example you can't say Mexico and Costa Rica are more advanced in their industrial operations of agriculture, DR has been the craddle of agrobusiness since Columbus, Sugar, bananas, and other products have been exported throughout the world from that little island for over a hundred years. The reason its not as developed its because agrobusiness doesn't profit everyone, mostly the ones who have the land, everyone else ( workers, retailers, even exporters) get the shaft, the only people who make money are those who own the land
Written by: HONEST, 14 Oct 2009 11:30 AM
From: Netherlands Antilles
the only way we can change our future is by providing a good education to our kids, slowly but surely, as for the illiteracy rate, I used to have a data processing bussiness, I used to build many curriculums...only 4 out of 10 customers finished high school and 2 out of 4 finished university. Yes the goverment is some how responsible on this, but, many of us are too laid back
Written by: Trujillo, 16 Oct 2009 12:31 AM
From: Dominican Republic
This is great news and I'm tired of these people that love to put us down. No matter how good the news is, they always come up with something to ruin it. Why don't you people dig a hole and bury yourselves, you'll be a lot more productive there!
Written by: Trujillo, 19 Oct 2009 12:25 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Atabey, there's nothing wrong with constructive criticism and I didn't say it because of you. Constructive cristism is welcomed. I'm talking about people that no matter how good the news is they feel the need to leave a negative comment, no constructive criticism at all, just trolls.
From: United States
Atabey, a wondeful series of articles. i have said on far too many occasions that we suffer here from "resource complacency" on the one hand, and ignorance of others on the other hand. some people here seem to believe that we are the jewel of the region, and every body else is playing catch up. they see pictures of tall buildings with light blue stained glass windows, and think that we are in the vanguard of modernisation in this area. that is because most have not seen anything more distant than Bonao. they believe that the other caribbean islands are "backward", and fail to realise that all the so-called "sandbars" have free medical treatment, advanced education systems, superb IT services, and equally impressive tourism facilities. only when we realise that we can do much better will we ever get ahead.
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The free market is the best quality control there is.
This is the reason why china is only behind india in the production of software and its manufacturing industry has really developed in the last 20 years. This expansion has gotten china to even feel comfortable to compete with biggies as the U.S. and Japan in the auto industry. Moreover, they have put those skills to work by building around the world via loans to developing nations.
venezuela is another good example who is currently benefiting from russian skills importation and adaptation by locals in the country.
We are here to build three alternative energy plants that pay US scale but we have to bring in techincal people from Asia and Europe which is 75% of the payroll because the skill level here is so poor. The reason poor schools. My grandfather taught me how to build a factory but never how to build a school. New products are great but you do not leave China with the money becuase they can produce the people who can do the work. Their is money in keeping people ignorant but more money in educating them. Government has not figured that out yet.
However, there some here that have been brain washed to think that all the misfortunes of the DR is due to the Haitian issue. I am very happy to find people like you, people who see the problem for what it is.
If the Lie-onel government really wants to help our people become competitive in the current global economy, he needs to remember that without a bio-chemistry, physic, architecture, software engineer, micro-biology, mba, ed.d, ph.d and others, the country will never stop being a service society. The country is currently used like a pleasure island, which is there to serve.
I am shocked. I would think that NY would be stocked up on Dominican items. But its the same here, most avocados are from costa rica and the black mexican avocados are every where. Bananas are all from guatemala, costa rica, and equador. I even bought some pairs that were from south africa.
. The last time I checked only 65% of the Dominican population can be considered literate.
and, dagtan, that means being able to read,only. what percentage of that 65% understands what they read? i posted before that there is a concerted effort in this country to restrict information and knowledge to a very few people. try this; stop a group of people in the street. ask them all what direction is Puerto Rico from us, north, south ,east, or west. see how many can answer that question.
Understand that even LIE-ONEL has limited education to be the president of a nation. He has a master degree in social working or socialogy, I might be wrong on one of them, but it is close. I need to go to the DR institute at city college which is where he got is education.
There many of us Dominicans here in NYC who are working on doctorates from prestigious schools. This alone makes us more educated than our president.
He understand that by keeping the people ingnorant, hungry, sick and malnourished, they are easy pray to stereotypes and scape goating.
Why do they do this? well because they can, no one else can even get access to crucial market data for sales and productions so no investors will even touch it!!
and I'll tell you what those new products will never take off either as long as gov. stooges give preference in business dealings to their hick cousins...
And that's the Truth, with some Cheese on it!!
I'm sure most people on this forum will agree with you, we all know that education is the driving force behind innovation and industrialization, and well The Dominican politicians also know that, trust me I've seen them speak at Yale and in the DR with charismatic rhetoric about making a better future; however the just of the matter is modernization is slow in DR because of the politicians blocking major avenues for new industries to be created.
for example you can't say Mexico and Costa Rica are more advanced in their industrial operations of agriculture, DR has been the craddle of agrobusiness since Columbus, Sugar, bananas, and other products have been exported throughout the world from that little island for over a hundred years. The reason its not as developed its because agrobusiness doesn't profit everyone, mostly the ones who have the land, everyone else ( workers, retailers, even exporters) get the shaft, the only people who make money are those who own the land