CARICOM’s Regional Food & Nutrition Security Policy, approved by the Council for Trade & Economic Development (COTED) (Agriculture) in October 2010.
Food Security
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Food security is a key national priority for Trinidad and Tobago. The goal is to “create a food secure nation” by providing access to adequate, nutritious, safe and affordable food to all people at all times. Some factors negatively affecting the country’s food security include_ a high food import bill estimated at TT$4 billion; vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate change and; an increase in the incidence of nutrition-related chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
CARICOM’s Regional Food & Nutrition Security Policy, approved by the Council for Trade & Economic Development (COTED) (Agriculture) in October 2010.
This bulletin looks at the initiative put forward by Guyana’s President for addressing the problems faced by agriculture in the Caribbean. The information in this bulletin has been sourced from IICA and the Caricom Secretariat.
What is it?
The Jagdeo Initiative is a strategy for removing constraints to the development of agriculture in the Caribbean. It builds upon past regional efforts to develop a Common Agricultural Policy, CAP and identifies ten key binding constraints faced by the sector.