Practical approaches needed to engage Youth in Agriculture – Trinidad and Tobago Minister
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young agriculture entrepreneurs (agripreneurs) from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were involved in sessions with senior agricultural planners during the week geared at strengthening regional policies and strategies to improve the performance of the Region’s agriculture sector.
The youths were among participants of the Ninth Regional Planners Forum on Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago. The forum was coordinated by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), and included inter alia participants from the agricultural agencies in the Region – the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), The Caribbean Farmers Network (CAFAN), the Caribbean Agribusiness Association (CABA) and the University of the West Indies .
The Forum , which began on 7 June, attracted more than 45 participants. The 25 young agripreneurs participated in the first day of the meeting and underwent a three-day training programme specifically tailored to increase their skills in business. The training was conducted under the CARICOM Secretariat’s Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) Training Programme.
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