Caribbean Regional Briefing: Enhancing regional trade & Adding value to Caribbean agrifood products

The CTA, in collaboration with the IICA , is organising a Regional Caribbean Briefing from 16 – 18 of November in Grenada. The Briefing, in the format of an Agribusiness Forum, will consider “Enhancing regional trade and adding value to Caribbean agrifood products“

Building upon previous work of IICA and CTA and developing recommendations made at the agritourism  investment seminar held at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture in October 2013 in Guyana, the Agribusiness Forum will highlight successes in strengthening links between agriculture and tourism industries.

Objectives:

• Analyse the drivers of success through analysing some successful business models
• Identify further opportunities for linking small-scale farmers to the tourism industry in the Caribbean and increase market linkages
• Generate ideas for a regional project on sustainable sourcing by the tourism industry / supermarkets from small-scale farmers.

The two day meeting will analyse and discuss a few selected successes in linking agriculture and tourism industry for improved market access and regional trade. The key players these successes will be invited. The drivers of success and their replicability will be analysed.

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