Press coverage of the Agricultural Policy Programme launch
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC — A regional project aimed at building partnerships for development in agriculture has been launched here
The Euro 8.6 million initiative, dubbed the Agriculture Policy Programme (APP), is being touted as 'more than a project', but more of an opportunity to build partnerships for development of agriculture in the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries.
The project was launched following the first formal meeting of the members of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and is being funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).
The countries that will benefit from the project include Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guyana; Haiti; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; and Trinidad and Tobago.
The four-year project is designed to enhance the capabilities of agriculture to eradicate poverty through the implementation of regional agricultural development policy and strategy, improve the transfer and adoption of applied agricultural production and processing research results and technologies and improve market linkages to contribute to agricultural enterprise development.
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