Taiwan hosts mini-ball watermelon and bi-color corn workshop

Published on September 14, 2026

A recently held workshop hosted by the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) in Saint Lucia that featured mini-ball watermelons and bi-color corn has generated a great deal of interest among participants.

The workshop was held at the TTM’s Demonstration Farm in Union, Castries, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, where seasoned farmers, kitchen gardeners and three students and teachers from the St. Lucia TVET Institute: School of Sustainable Agriculture and Culinary Arts, and learned firsthand about the many possibilities involved in cultivating and marketing the two cash crops.

Mini-ball watermelons are small in size, with an average diameter of 6 to 7 centimeters and a length of 7 to 11 centimeters.

Bi-color corn has an elongated, cylindrical shape, and averages between 18 and 22 centimeters in length.

As the outer layers are removed, the ear of corn is revealed, featuring both white and yellow, tightly packed kernels, wrapped around a fibrous cob.