Italy exports much cactus fruit. To the US as well.
http://www.jpacd.org/JPACD01/basillefnl.pdf
Dragon fruit grow vertically.
http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=805
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/dragon_fruit.htm
S.

Dreads, thanks for the heads up. Several years ago I was also considering cultivating Prawns and Raising Rabbits. Though Rabbits is still open I dropped the Prawns due to many articles I have read regarding pollution and contamination issues. But I'll take a look at the Red Claw Crawfish. I do know that DR has Crawfish and they are(were) listed as endangered species. And yes I do have access to water a govt built Canal.

Far from being a millionaire. Perhaps if I were to sell all my Land in DR. But I dont intend on doing that.

Dread,

The yellow scotch bonnet is awsome as most good peppers are. When I lived in St. Croix I became friends with a gentleman who had a outdoor open air small restaurant / bar. He was from Trinidad and of course he made his own pepper sauces. He got some yellow SB's from the prison garden and MAN...., even by adding additional sugar, lime and salt he could not cool it down enough to make it edible. I have found that on my own plants the peppers color is usually a direct reflection of heat with later in the season peppers becoming hotter as the season drags on. Colors go- Green, Red, Orange and of course Yellow.

Texasshoe, your friend being from Trinidad explains why the sauce was too hot to eat. trini people sit down to dinner with a fire extinguisher handy. and Ladronaso, here are a few reasons why the redclaw is different from the regular crayfish you are thinking of

1) size; they sometimes grow up to a foot and fourteen inches long. they are sometimes called fresh water lobsters

2)taste and texture; very similar to salt water variants

3)susceptible to only two known strains of bacteria and parasites, both of which cannot live in temperatures above 68 degrees farenheit

4)very non-aggressive, and very communal. that allows for packing large numbers into small areas without fighting and cannibalism

5)very prolific; usually 2 spawnings per year per female, of over 1000 eggs. survival rate is high if grow out tanks are clean

6)feed; omnivorous. some guys in texas make a living collecting restaurant scraps to supply to growers

7)crossbreeds have magnificent color appearances, and fetch up to 40 USD in pet shops

if you need more info, check the net. if you need contacts, i can put you on to some guys in florida and texas. i was going to do it, but have neither the land nor the money. but a guy i spoke who tells me that he started with 15,000 in ecuador, and he is now a multimillionaire. it was he who told me that it is more profitable than weed. he says that you can start up for as little as 5000, and recover your money in 6 months!

ladronaso, just to add. i spoke to a guy in florida who started out with 12 wading pools, the ones you buy from KMart for 20 dollars in the fall. he can supply the pumps and tubing for somewhere around 50 dollars per tank. i have another source for the live crayfish, which cannot be shipped internationally with berries, or they might die. so the shipper will ship equal numbers of each sex. i know a little about the topic. if you are interested, let me know. i spoke to other guys in the caribbean who supply hotels with red claw.

Dreads, I have concluded that in-order to secure my property rights I have to seriously consider positioning one solid foot in DR. Or sell. Sell, I don’t intend on doing. Don’t have much money but friends and associates have informed me that DR govt will lend money to landholder or farmers for cultivation of rice etc.

Last night I did some research over the net and the more I researched the more I liked the idea of the crawfish. Yes send me the info that you have as I am seriously contemplating an enterprise of sorts in DR. You can submit the info to ladronaso at ladronaso dot com and perhaps we can explore possibilities.

I also like the peppers idea. This might be the launch pad. But I would prefer cultivating in a greenhouse environment and yes they are suitable for my geographical area.

Yes, also I hve seen ponds lined with clay/sand mix and butyl sheets. You can also grow aquatic plants (e.g. water letuce to feed the crustacians using pig manure etc. Wind pumps are used for circulation round networks of ponds as most of the time it is good to filter/aerate water.
Bass are also good. Ornamentals, koi, orfe, Cichlids etc. are profitable. A friend rears them and they stand high temperature variation - but I do not know exacty. Bird netting is essential for all fish/crustacians.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AC233E/AC233E03.htm
S.

Thanks ABC