agri agenda - aug 4 - 10 2013
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8/22/2019 Agri Agenda - Aug 4 - 10 2013
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Events that directly and indirectly impactagricultural development
Caribbean Regional Agriculture Policy Networksupported by IICA, the CTA and agricultural professionals in the Caribbean
AgricultureAgenda 22001133August 4th10th 2013 FYI!Mon 5th
Thur 8th
3rd International
Congress onBiodiversity of the
Guiana Shield
Torarica Hotel,
Paramaribo Suriname
This meeting will convene under the theme, 'Biodiversity conservation and economic
development: Defining green development of natural resources within the Guiana
Shield'. The objective of this conference is to identify the impacts of economicdevelopment within the Guiana Shield on the environment, and to define measures
to reach real green development within the region. Special attention will be given to
rural communities with their traditional lifestyle and extensive traditional knowledge of
living sustainably.
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Mon 5th
Fri 16th
3rd UWI Regional Plant
Quarantine Officer
Training: Principles and
Procedures Course
Sir Frank StockdaleBuilding, UWI
Trinidad and Tobago
This two-week event is a collaborative effort of the UWI, the United States
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, GreaterCaribbean Safeguarding Initiative (USDA APHIS GCSI), the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) that seeks to support capacity-building of front-line quarantine
officials in the diagnosis and management of plant and animal health issues in the
Caribbean. The focus on plant protection and quarantine procedures emphasizesthe critical role that these play in trade facilitation, as well as the importance of
cooperation and harmonization of practices in supporting this process.
For more details contact: UWI Business Development Unit
Wed 7th
8th
National Seminar on
Food Insecurity in
Barbados: Implications
for Economic
Development
The Solutions Centre,
UWI, Cave Hill Campus
Barbados
The main objectives of this conference are to determine the state of food insecurity
in Barbados, assess the implications of this for economic development and to finalise
a draft food and nutrition policy for Barbados. The agenda features a note address
on Global Food Security Implications for the Caribbean, discussion on the future
outlook of the food and agricultural sector of Barbados, trade implications related to
food and nutrition security (FNS), the use of dietary guidelines in supporting practical
actions to combat food insecurity, as well as a review of the Regional Food and
Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan to identify important inputs into the planned
national FNS policy. The event will also serve as the forum for the signing of aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in food security between the
UWI, Cave Hill and the Mc. Gill University.
For more details contact: Ena Bowen
Gale Hall
Wed 7th
Fri 9th
I Caribbean Workshop
for Data Collectors of
Market Information
Systems (MIS)
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
The I Caribbean Workshop for Data Collectors of Market Information Systems (MIS)
follows from efforts initiated in 2008 between the Market Information Organization of
the Americas (MIOA) and CARIFORUM states who are members of the MIOA. IICA,
through its project Improving the Agribusiness Competitiveness and Market
Transparency in the CARIFOUM Region continued actions in assessing MIS in the
Caribbean region. This workshop then seeks to build on these efforts with the main
objective of strengthening and updating the data collection knowledge,
methodology and skills for data collectors of MIS in CARIFORUM.
The workshop consists of seven technical modules with a combination of theoretical
and practical approaches (learning by doing methodology) developed in full three-
day (twenty-four hours) agenda. The workshop is designed to present a broad
range of practices, procedures and skills involved in the data collection across the
value chain (farm gate, wholesale markets, retail markets, etc.). It is expected that
the workshop participants will share the learnt lessons with MIS staff in their countries
and implement a Plan of Action regarding market data collection.
For more details contact: Frank Lam
For more info on the MIOA go to: www.mioa.org
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