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TRANSFORMING CARICOM AGRICULTURE

CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA TRINIDAD, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007. TRANSFORMING CARICOM AGRICULTURE. Food Security and Sustainable Development. Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM. Food Security. Production Enterprises. Poverty

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TRANSFORMING CARICOM AGRICULTURE

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  1. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA TRINIDAD, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 TRANSFORMING CARICOM AGRICULTURE Food Security and Sustainable Development Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  2. Food Security Production Enterprises Poverty Job Creation Prevention Mitigation Safety Nutrition Policy area Access and consumption Utilisation Availability Stability • natural disasters • price fluctuations • policy risks • economic factors • domestic production • trade (import) capacity and regime • food stocks • poverty • purchasing power • transport and market infrastructure • food distribution • care and feeding • food safety & quality • clean water • health & sanitation Intervention areas

  3. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security and Sustainable Development Challenges Facing CARICOM • Import dependence • Vulnerability of food supply system • Nutrition and food health related challenges • Safe Food - quality and standards Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  4. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Import dependence < 5% - Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines < 30% - Cuba < 40% - Haiti, DR > 70% - Belize > 100% - Guyana, Suriname Cereals Self-Sufficiency Ratio

  5. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA,, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food supply system vulnerability • Natural/environmental risks – hurricanes, floods, droughts… • Price shocks and global market changes • Dependence on imported inputs • Age of farming population • SPS systems weakness • Inability to keep up with standards as lifestyle changes

  6. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 • Food supply system vulnerability Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  7. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 • Nutrition and food health related challenges Decreased Nutritional Status of Vulnerable Groups Increased Food Health Related Concerns Nutritionally Appropriate Foods - too expensive Knowledge related to making healthy food choices Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  8. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 • Nutrition and food health related challenges

  9. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 • Food safety, quality and standards Limited Capacity for Monitoring and Implementing Food Safety Systems and Infrastructure Inadequate Training of Community and Commercial Food Handlers Modernisation of Legislation and user knowledge of food regulations Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  10. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 • Sustainable development • Aim at cross border production and marketing linkages – capitalize on different comparative advantages across the region. Some potential products and for which there are proposals in the package: • West Indian Sea Island Cotton • Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee • Pepper sauce • A range of exotic Caribbean fruits, herbs and spices • Pursuit of • Caribbean brands and unique product characteristics • Employing sustainable development practices • Creating livelihood systems Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  11. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security Interventions – Up-scaled Regional Program for Food Security Goal and Objectives Reduce food insecurity in the CARICOM/CARIFORUM countries • Strengthen food, agricultural production, marketing systems and enterprises • Improve the capacity and policies for managing key threats to food security • Promote the consumption of safe and nutritious food Strengthen institutional capacity for ensuring food security (across all areas) Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

  12. Proposed Upscaled Regional Program for Food Security • National Projects _ • Regional Level – • National projects may be • funded independently • Regional project support • national projects in the thrust • for food security

  13. Thank you

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