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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.

This event is part of the 

CRFM Twentieth Anniversary

SEMINAR SERIES 

@ CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE