1. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 TRANSFORMING CARICOM AGRICULTURE CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA TRINIDAD, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA TRINIDAD, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security and Sustainable Development Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM

2. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security domestic production trade (import) capacity and regime food stocks poverty purchasing power transport and market infrastructure food distribution natural disasters price fluctuations policy risks economic factors care and feeding food safety & quality clean water health & sanitation Availability Access and consumption Stability Utilisation Production Enterprises Poverty Job Creation Prevention Mitigation Safety Nutrition Policy area Intervention areas

3. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security and Sustainable Development Challenges Facing CARICOM Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Import dependence Nutrition and food health related challenges Vulnerability of food supply system Safe Food - quality and standards

4. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Import dependence < 5% - Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines < 30% - Cuba < 40% - Haiti, DR > 70% - Belize > 100% - Guyana, Suriname Cereals Self-Sufficiency Ratio

5. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA,, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA,, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food supply system vulnerability Natural/environmental risks – hurricanes, floods, droughts… Price shocks and global market changes Dependence on imported inputs Age of farming population SPS systems weakness Inability to keep up with standards as lifestyle changes

6. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Food supply system vulnerability

7. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Nutrition and food health related challenges Increased Food Health Related Concerns Decreased Nutritional Status of Vulnerable Groups Nutritionally Appropriate Foods - too expensive Knowledge related to making healthy food choices CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007

8. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Nutrition and food health related challenges

9. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Food safety, quality and standards Limited Capacity for Monitoring and Implementing Food Safety Systems and Infrastructure Inadequate Training of Community and Commercial Food Handlers Modernisation of Legislation and user knowledge of food regulations

10. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Sustainable development Pursuit of Caribbean brands and unique product characteristics Employing sustainable development practices Creating livelihood systems Aim at cross border production and marketing linkages – capitalize on different comparative advantages across the region. Some potential products and for which there are proposals in the package: West Indian Sea Island Cotton Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Pepper sauce A range of exotic Caribbean fruits, herbs and spices

11. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Food Security Interventions – Up-scaled Regional Program for Food Security Ensuring Food Security and Rural Development in CARICOM Goal and Objectives Reduce food insecurity in the CARICOM/CARIFORUM countries Strengthen food, agricultural production, marketing systems and enterprises Strengthen food, agricultural production, marketing systems and enterprises Improve the capacity and policies for managing key threats to food security Improve the capacity and policies for managing key threats to food security Promote the consumption of safe and nutritious food Promote the consumption of safe and nutritious food Strengthen institutional capacity for ensuring food security (across all areas)

12. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Proposed Upscaled Regional Program for Food Security National Projects _ Regional Level – National projects may be funded independently Regional project support national projects in the thrust for food security Intervention Strengthen agricultural production, marketing systems and enterprises and building institutional capacity to support their development Improve the capacity of policy and program frameworks for managing key threats to food security To improve human and agricultural health and food safety systems Project Management

13. CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 CARICOM Agriculture Donor Conference CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2 June 2007 Thank you