Programme

Forum objectives

FAQs

Investment Opportunities

Investment policy environment for regional agriculture (May 2008)

Investing in Belize

Investing in Guyana

Investment opportunities in Jamaica

Global Niche Sector Opportunities for Caribbean Agriculture

List of Projects analysed before the Forum

Success stories:

CARICOM Opportunities in Agribusiness - Sector success stories

Success stories

Speeches:

Statement by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, CARICOM, on the occasion of the Opening of the Regional Agriculture Investment Forum

From agriculture to agri-business:  Trinidad and Tobago’s Plan for Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security and a Competitive Agricultural Sector / address by Senator The Honourable Arnold A. Piggott Minister of Agriculture Land & Marine Resources,  Trinidad and Tobago

Press Releases:

• Forum raised awareness of agriculture's possibilities
• Governments cannot do it alone – James Moss-Solomon
• Secretary General calls for more investment in agriculture
• Give agriculture an equal chance says President Jagdeo

Background Documents:

A Framework for the Repositioning of Caribbean Agriculture / presented by His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, 4-7 July 2004, Grand Anse, Grenada  (Jagdeo Initiative)

Previous Conference:

Agriculture Donor Conference, 2 June 2007, Trinidad and Tobago

Related documents:

THE CARICOM REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME FOR AGRICULTURE

Competitiveness study:

• Policy Proposals : Enhancing International Competitiveness

Commodity Competitiveness and Market Intelligence Reports:

• The Regional Coconut Industry: Industry Development Strategies
   
• The Regional Coconut Industry:  Global Market Intelligence
   
• The Regional Coconut Industry:  Global Market Intelligence.  Executive Summary
   
• The Hot Pepper Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies
   
• The Hot Pepper Industry in CARICOM: Competitiveness & Industry Development Strategies: Executive Summary
   
• Hot Peppers:  Market Intelligence Report
   
•  Hot Peppers:  Market Intelligence Report - Executive Summary
   
• The Papaya Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies
   
• The Papaya Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies : Executive Summary.
   
• Papaya:  Market Intelligence Report
   
• Papaya:  Market Intelligence Report : Executive Summary
   
• The Small Ruminant Meat Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies
   
• The Small Ruminant Meat Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies : Executive Summary
   
• The Global Market for Small Ruminant Meat: Sources of Supply and Competitiveness for the CARICOM Industry
   
• The Global Market for Small Ruminant Meat: Sources of Supply and Competitiveness for the CARICOM Industry : Executive Summary
   
• The Sweet Potato Industry in CARICOM : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies
   
• The Global Market for Sweet Potato: Sources of Supply and Competitiveness for the CARICOM Industry
   
• The Global Market for Sweet Potato:  Sources of Supply and Competitiveness for the CARICOM Industry : Executive summary

Country Policy Reviews:

• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of Barbados
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of Belize
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of Guyana
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of Jamaica
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of St. Lucia
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
   
• A Review of Agricultural Policies: case study of Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

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