• His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)


 

• Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
   

• Honourable Clyde Mascoll, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Barbados, for Prime Minister Owen Arthur.  Presentation on “Agriculture and Rural Development in the CSME”
   
• Address by Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago

• Statement by Dr. Arlington Chesney, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
   
• Statement delivered by Mr. Philip Mikos, Head of Unit, Policies for Sustainable Natural Resources Management, European Commission
   
• Presentation by Dr. Hans Jansen, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Sustainable Solutions for Ending Hunger and Poverty
   
• Prospects of transformation of the Caribbean regional agriculture: how CIRAD and the French agricultural research organizations of the French departments of America could support the Caribbean Regional Agricultural Research System and CARICOM initiatives?” by Claude Vuillaume:

• Slideshow
• Text file

• Statement by Mr. Angel Morenno Ducasse, Coordinator General, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI)
   

• Statement by the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

• Statement by Ms Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean

• Closing statement delivered by Mr. Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture, Guyana on "THE WAY FORWARD - SOME IDEAS"

 1.  Conference Programme

• English Version
• French Version

2.   Provisional Conference Agenda

• English Version
• French Version

3.   Registration Form

4.   Background documentation with respect to conference

• Papers 1 & 11:

• Strategic Approach to Realizing the Agricultural Contribution to CARICOM Development
• Moving CARICOM Agriculture Forward - Synthesis of Proposals

• Project documentation Regional and CARICOM Projects

• Summary of Regional Proposals
• Summary of National Proposals
• Upscaled Regional Special Programme for Food Security (RSPFS)

• Agricultural policy (taken from the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community, including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy)
   
•  Studies/Reports

• Sweet Potatoes
• Small ruminants : Competitiveness and Industry Development Strategies
• Papaya Industry
• Coconut Industry
• Hot Pepper Industry

5.   Other background material on CARICOM agriculture/economy

a.  National Profiles

• Agriculture Development Profile - Antigua and Barbuda
• Agriculture Development Profile - The Bahamas
• Agriculture Development Profile - Barbados
• Agriculture Development Profile - Belize
• Agriculture Development Profile - Dominica
• Agricultural Development Profile - Grenada
• Agriculture Development Profile - Guyana
• Agriculture Development Profile - Jamaica
• Agriculture Development Profile - Saint Lucia
• Agriculture Development Profile - St. Kitts and Nevis
• Agriculture Development Profile - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Agriculture Development Profile - Suriname
• Agricultural Development Profile - Trinidad and Tobago

b.  Miscellaneous

• Towards a single economy and a single development vision - Girvan Report
• Agriculture in the Caribbean in 2006
• A New Vision for Agriculture in the Caribbean in the 21st Century
• Trends and Challenges in Latin American and Caribbean Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2004
• Conference on Food and Nutrition Security - CFNI 2005
• Survey of Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean 1990-2000
• CARICOM Economic Overview  - CGCED
• Caribbean Agriculture: Do We Have a Place in the New World Order?
• Strategy for Agricultural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Caribbean Regional Programme Evaluation
• The Impact of Globalization on the Caribbean Sugar and Banana Industries
• Commercialization of Nutraceuticals to Enhance Sustainable Agriculture in Limited Resource Caribbean Farming Communities
• Transforming the Agricultural Sector Through Agribusiness