The Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA) has en­dorsed the open­ing of the Brechin Cas­tle Agro-Pro­cess­ing Fa­cil­i­ty in Cou­va, stat­ing that the project can sup­port SME growth, food se­cu­ri­ty and ex­port de­vel­op­ment.

In a state­ment is­sued on Mon­day, the as­so­ci­a­tion said the fa­cil­i­ty rep­re­sents an in­vest­ment in man­u­fac­tur­ing, agro-pro­cess­ing and eco­nom­ic di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion.

The TTMA said the plant can cre­ate op­por­tu­ni­ties for farm­ers and agro-proces­sors to con­vert raw pro­duce in­to prod­ucts for ex­port mar­kets. The as­so­ci­a­tion added that the ini­tia­tive can re­duce post-har­vest loss­es and in­crease the com­mer­cial val­ue of lo­cal agri­cul­tur­al prod­ucts.