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a project of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

tthhee AAggrriiccuullttuurree AAggeennddaaWeek July 19 - 25, 2010Events directly and indirectly related to agricultural development

July NB:Some more for your information!

Mon 19 National Consultations:

CARICOM-Canada

Trade Development

Agreement

19 20 July 2010

Antigua and Barbuda

The Office of the Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the CARICOM Secretariat is actively

engaging stakeholders in Member States in discussions on the CARICOM-Canada

Negotiations. The first Round of the CARICOM-Canada Trade Negotiations

commenced on November 10, 2009. CARICOMs objectives in an enhanced

trade arrangement with Canada are to:

(i) preserve, build on and broaden the scope of the current instruments of tradeand economic co-operation;

(ii) where possible, to deepen disciplines to improve market access for CARICOM-exports of goods and services;

(iii)broaden the country coverage to include all CARICOM states;(iv)stimulate increased flows of Canadian investment into the region; and(v) provide a comprehensive framework for development co-operation initiatives.

The Second Round of CARICOM-Canada Negotiations towards a Trade andDevelopment Agreement was held on 29 - 31 March 2010 Barbados, and a Draft

text on Agriculture and Fisheries was circulated to member states for comment.

Tues 20

Wed 21

Thurs 22 National Consultations:

CARICOM-Canada

Trade Development

Agreement

22 - 23 July 2010

St. Kitts and Nevis

See above

Fri 23

Sat 24 Open Day University of

Trinidad and Tobago

(UTT) 24 July 2010

Trinidad

The University of Trinidad and Tobago invites interested individuals to attend their

Open Day on Saturday 24th July 2010, from 10:00am 4:00pm at the ECIAF

Campus, North Bank Road Centeno. Persons will learn about their Diploma and

undergraduate Programs in: Crop and Animal Science and Technology, Animal

Health, Production and Veterinary Public Health, Forestry, Ornamental

Horticulture, Food Science and Biotechnology. Persons can also participate in

their interactive demonstrations (budding and grafting, animal clinical procedures

etc.) and classrooms presentations. There will be lots of giveaways forest and

vegetable seedlings. Interested persons can contact the University office at 642-

8888/223-4888 or email them at UTTCallcentre@utt.edu.tt.Sun 25 Trinidad and Tobago

Mango Festival

25 July 2010

Mount Hope

Trinidad

This years Mango Festival will see producers, agri-entrepreneurs; agricultural

support institutions and entertainers unite under the Network of Rural Women

Producers (NRWP) of Trinidad and Tobago to host the 2nd Annual Trinidad and

Tobago Festival. The 1st Annual Mango Festival was held in August 2009 with

support from IICA and FAO. This year the NRWP has invited several key

stakeholders in the organization and management of the event, such as the

Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs; The University of the West

Indies and the Tourism Development Company thus broaden the scope of the

event. This years theme A celebration of the diversity and utility of the mango

seeks to promote opportunities that exist through the use of the fruit to create

livelihoods for generating income, with major emphasis placed on encouraging

the production and processing and marketing of mango and its by-products. The

festival will showcase mango products such as mango chutneys, chows, jams

confectionaries, handcrafted mango soaps and mango paper to name a few.

The day is tipped to be fun and education for the whole family and will feature

a mango market, grafting demonstrations, display and sale of mango products

and lots of exciting games and competitions.

Also in the month of July: Reminder

CaRAPN Medium Term Strategic Planning Workshop (Trinidad), the CARICOM-FAO Validation Workshop on the

Regional Policy for Food and Nutrition (Guyana), and the CARICOM FAO Value Chain workshop (St. Lucia);

Dominica National Consultations on CARICOM-Canada Trade Development Agreement

Details provided in next weeks the Agriculture Agenda

The full July and other monthly calendars can be viewed onwww.carapn.net.

Please send information about your events to keep all stakeholders informed and updated on time to Diana.Francis@iica.int

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