The Logistics Dilemma: supporting competitiveness in fisheries and Agriculture
📍 Hibiscus Room #1, Breezes Resort & Spa, Nassau, The Bahamas
📆 Thursday, 12 October 2023
⏰ 11:00 a.m. AST
SEMINAR RECORDING
OUR PANELISTS
1 - Introductory Presentation - Logistics Dilemma Seminar.pdf
Dr. Sandra Grant
Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Introduction to the Logistics Dilemma affecting the fisheries, aquaculture, and agriculture sectors
2 - S Grant - Logistics Dilemma Seminar - 12 Oct 2023.pdf
Mr. Andrew Jackson
Head of Supply Chain
WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office, Barbados
Empowering Logistics: Transforming the Infrastructure to Diminish Food Imports
4 - A Jackson - Logistics Dilemma Seminar - 12 Oct 2023.pdf
Mr. Sean Patience
Managing Director
Cargo Consolidators Agency Ltd, Trinidad and Tobago
Benefits of Less-than-container Load (LCL) Shipping Intraregional Trade
5 - S Patience - Logistics Dilemma Seminar - 12 Oct 2023.pdf
Ms. Linda Wiltshire
Consultant & Team Member
Sherman Thomas & Associates
The Caribbean Logistics Database: a Model for Impactful Networking to Strengthen Trade and Export
6 - L Wiltshire - Logistics Dilemma Seminar - 12 Oct 2023.pdf
Mr. Lench Fevrier
Senior Technical Specialist - Agriculture Sector, Economic Affairs and Regional Integration Division, OECS Commission
Empowering Logistics: Transforming the Infrastructure to Diminish Food Imports
3 - L Fevrier - Logistics Dilemma Seminar - 12 Oct 2023.pdfOUR MODERATOR
Mr. Allister Reynold Glean
IICA Representative in Barbados, Delegation in Barbados
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism will host this seminar in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), CARICOM Secretariat, UN World Food Programme, and the Caribbean Private Sector Organisation (CPSO). The seminar will focus on opportunities and solutions to address the problem of the logistics dilemma in intraregional trade and export.
There are several challenges which constrain the benefits that industry players and Member States can reap from trade. These challenges pertain to intraregional trade and cooperation, infrastructure development, logistics market development, temperature sensitive management, capacity building (in the context of food security and packaging according to regulations), supply chain optimization and logistics systems, and disaster preparedness and resiliency to respond to emergencies. Stakeholders have agreed that the issue is not necessarily a transportation issue but a logistics dilemma which governments need to urgently address.
This seminar creates an opportunity for renewed engagement with support from CRFM and IICA to develop strategic approaches to addressing this pervasive problem. It will advance the strategic dialogue on logistics in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, in the context of the CARICOM Heads of Government mandate of 2022 to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25% by 2025. It will also chart the way forward through a practical, solution-oriented discussion on an integrated and inclusive approach.
Closing REMARKS
Mr. Peter A. Murray
Advisor, Fisheries Management and Development, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Secretariat
This event is part of the
CRFM Twentieth Anniversary
SEMINAR SERIES
@ CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE
