Bulletin

Agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an important economic activity for food production and livelihoods in rural and urban households. Recently the sector increasingly relies on the international market for raw materials, intermediate inputs and final consumer food products.

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.