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Guyana to host C’bean Week of Agriculture in October
CWA’s Local Coordinator, Natasha Beerjit
After 10 years, Guyana is set to once again host the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), an event geared at promoting the agriculture industry across the region, via learning sessions, dialogue, and exhibition.
The inaugural event was held in Trinidad and Tobago during 1999.
According to the local coordinator, Natasha Beerjit, the steering committee comprises members of the Ministry of Agriculture, CARICOM, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
She said that that the twelfth edition of the Region’s premier agricultural event will be hosted by the Guyana Government from October 4-12, at the International Convention Centre, under the theme ‘Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development’.
In addition to two receptions, and a cultural night, the calendar of events will include workshops on monitoring and managing pest populations under a changing climate, development of the coconut industry in the Caribbean, the implementation and mainstreaming of regional fisheries policies, the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), agriculture value chains validation, as well as the cost of production, and livestock.
This is expected to continue with Policy Forums on Connecting and Balancing Food and Nutrition Security; FAO Food Prices & Food Security Policy; women entrepreneurs; Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFan); Agro-tourism, as well as the engagement of youth along the agriculture value chain.
Some other activities include a ‘Healthy Living Cook Off and Caribbean Cuisine’ and the launch of Caribbean Science and Agriculture Film and Video Competition. Part II’. The Guyana School of Agriculture will also be launching its 50th anniversary magazine during that week, Beerjit said. An inter-faith service and a workshop for Journalists and their coverage of the CWA are also planned as part of the week of activities.
Beerjit noted that the Ministry of Agriculture has already planned a few field visits. She explained that participants will be taken to a few “interesting” agricultural sites, in order to showcase some of Guyana’s impressive agriculture.
Among the places to be visited are: GuySuCo’s Enmore Estate and Packaging Facility, the Hope/Dochfour Canal, the Burma Research Centre, the Guyana School of Agriculture, Satyadeow Sawh Aquaculture Centre, Guyana Livestock Development Authority, National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute and Mangrove Tour, Hydromet’s Doppler Radar Tower and the Santa Fe Farm.
An Exhibition and Trade Show will be held from Wednesday, October 9 to Friday, October 11. This event will be geared to showcasing some of Guyana’s best produce, with emphasis being placed on forestry and fisheries.
Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said that the week of events will see the transformation of the CWA into the Caribbean’s premier technical meeting for agriculture and will attract Ministers, senior agriculture professionals, farmers, and entrepreneurs to see, experience and learn about new trajectories for agriculture.
Beerjit also told Kaieteur News that the hosting of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture will help to further portray the country in a positive light, adding that Guyana and Belize are the only two Caribbean countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals by being equipped with both a policy and an action plan.
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