Agriculture Round Table-2011

 

Introduction

Agriculture Round Table ART 2011 was hosted within the week-long events of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA).The 2011 CWA

theme “Caribbean Food and Nutrition Security in a Changing Climate -the Nature Island Experience” Commonwealth of Dominica, 

 Food and nutrition circle connecting the dots and a platform for promoting the Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Action Plan (RFNSP& AP).True to form and in its usual unconventional manner, ART tackled the issue of food and nutrition security (FNS) in the Caribbean through a mixed format of (a) traditional „workshop‟ (kept to an absolute minimum) , (b) open forum Round Tables and (c) field experiences. Although a very topical issue in the region and around the world, there is still much misinformation, misunderstandings, misinterpretations about FNS and the interface with agriculture, industry, public health, education, services, the environment, and a number of other cultural, socio-economic and political-institutional dimensions of equitable and sustainable development.The ART thus sought to raise awareness of the intent and contents of the RFNSP & AP and to ground the policy into the realities and issues of producers and practitioners.

Merci tout moun! (Thanks everyone!)For keeping the dialogue open, frank and dynamic!

WELCOMING WORDS from our Sponsors & Collaborators CaRAPN ‟  principle supporter is the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation(CTA) in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).IICA representative and CaRAPN Coordinator, Diana Francis, welcomed the participants and briefly placed the ART in its historical context (details available in the ART Resource Brief).Director of the CTA, Mr. Michael Hailu, underscored the CTA‟s commitment to supporting the policy process in the Caribbean and in particular, issues related to food and nutrition which has been identified as a priority in the CTA‟s Strategic Plan 2011 -2015.The Association of Caribbean Media workers (ACM), which collaborates to host ART,represented by Julius Gittens, welcomed participants, expressed satisfaction at beingpresent as an equal partner and invited all to engage freely in the open dialogue, advising all resource persons to „speak in simple language‟ so that the message would be clear.  Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), collaborators in the PolicyForum, emphasised the importance of understanding the FNS issue in its entirety and inparticular, the concept of the Right to Food, an inalienable human right.

See some of the presentation held during the week:

Dominca Strengthening Communication for F&N

Dominica Tackling Availability and Stability

Dominica Collective Response and Moving Forward 1

Dominca Extension in Food and Nutrition Policy and Implementation

 

 

Dominica concerns and issues

Promoting the Positives and Possibilities through the Power of Print Pt. 1

Promoting the Positives and Possibilities Part 2

Promoting the Positives and Possibilities Part 3

 

 

 

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