agri this week sept 27-oct 3
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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 Sept. 27 Oct 03, 2010Events directly and indirectly related to agricultural development
SeptemberNB: Some more info for you!
Mon 27
Tues 28 Regional Workshop:Building Capacity
to Support
Competitive
Agribusiness
Development in the
Caribbean.2829 Sept 2010
Trinidad
The aim of this workshop is to improve stakeholders capacity and is specifically geared towardsTechnical professionals within the Ministries of Agriculture and IICA Country Offices, to support the
development of competitive agribusiness and commodity value chains. Its primary focus is on the
issues of competitiveness, value-chains and the application of the Commodity Chain Analysis and
Dialogue for Action (CADIAC) methodology. The workshop will be facilitated by IICAs
Agribusiness Specialists Danilo Herrero and Robert Reid. The Value chain approach is currently one
of the processes under consideration and active promotion in CARICOM countries for enablingdevelopment in agriculture.
Regional Policy for
Food and Nutrition
Security (RPFNS)
Validation
Workshop(CARICOM
Secretariat
Guyana)
2829 Sept 2010
Trinidad
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, with the support of the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) Project Promoting CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food Security, funded by the
Government of Italy, will hold its a regional workshop for the Validation of the Regional Policy for
Food and Nutrition Security in the Caribbean . In February 2007, the Eighteenth Inter-Sessional
Meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM identified food security and sustainabledevelopment as one of the main pillars of the Regional Transformation Programme for Agriculture(RTPA). The goal of an acceptable level of food security that is not easily disrupted by natural andor manmade disasters was an equally important finding in the consultative process of The Jagdeo
Initiative - A Proposal for Interventions to Alleviate the Key Binding Constraints to the Agricultural
Sector in CARICOM Countries. The Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC), which established the
Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) identifies
Food and Nutrition Security (Article 56.1.b) among the goals of the Community Agricultural Policy(CAP). The Workshop will review the recent draft RPFNS, discuss the issues and agree on the nature
and scope of policy actions proposed to be taken at national and regional levels in order to
address the negative factors constraining the attainment of food and nutrition security. The
expected results of the workshop will be: 1)Validation of the contents of the draft policy
document: identifying gaps, omissions and flaws in the draft document, and amendments to be
made; 2) Agreement on relationships and linkages between the RPFNS, the CAP, the Common
Fisheries Policy, theCaribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH) and other relevant CARICOM policies;3) Agreement on key policy actions and programmes (and their order of priority) to move theregion towards improved and sustainable food security within the next 5 years.
Wed 29
Thurs 30
OctoberFri 01
Sat 02
Sun 03
Also in the month of October:IICA Executive Committee Meeting; 2nd International Project Steering Committee Meeting; Caribbean Week of Agriculture;
3rd Annual Permaculture Design Course
Details provided in the respective Week Agriculture Agenda and in the full monthly calendars which can be viewed onwww.carapn.net.
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ANNOUNCEMENT REMINDER:
Please encourage participation in the UNDPs regional contest for rural innovative projects aimed at the identification of projects
that promote rural enterprise and innovation at the grassroots level with the potential of replication and expansion at the regional
level. The contest will be open to rural groups and associations based in any of the ten (10) countries covered by CARUTA (the
OECS, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago). Great emphasis will be given to the support of rural youth and
women initiatives. It is anticipated that the competition will take place twice a year. The theme of the first competition will beMicroenterprise Development, Income Generating Activity & Innovation, focusing on Youth Rural enterprises, Micro-creditand
Innovation and Transformation of Agriculture.
The contest is open to all types of organized or registered groups. (e.g. community based organizations, cooperatives,
associations, etc.) that are implementing projects which address any of the above focal areas. An application form can be
downloaded from the project website athttp://www.bb.undp.org/innovative-projectsor it can be requested by email from the
CARUTA coordinator at [email protected] or by mailing a written request quoting this notice to: The Project Coordinator,
CARUTA, UNDP, UN House, Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church, BARBADOS.
THE DEADLINE for submission of projects is 5 November 2010.
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