Self-sufficiency, security in food common thread of COTED Meeting

By Michelle Nurse Last updated Oct 11, 2015

At the COTED Agriculture Press Conference on Friday at the CARICOM Secretariat, from left are: Dr. Ronnie Braithwaite, Deputy Programme Manager, Agriculture, CARICOM Secretariat, The Hon Arthur Nibbs, Minister of Agriculture of Antigua and Barbuda, Ms Desiree Field-Ridley, Adviser, Single Market and Sectoral Programmes, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton, Minister of Agriculture of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of COTED, Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat. — At the COTED Agriculture Press Conference on Friday at the CARICOM Secretariat, from left are: Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural Development, CARICOM Secretariat, The Hon Arthur Nibbs, Minister of Agriculture of Antigua and Barbuda, Ms Desiree Field-Ridley, Adviser, Single Market and Sectoral Programmes, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton, Minister of Agriculture of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of COTED, Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat.

Self-sufficiency and security in food was the common thread of the deliberations of the Fifty-Ninth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture held Thursday and Friday and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.

Interacting with representatives of the media on Friday afternoon at the conclusion of the Meeting, the Hon Eugene Hamilton, Minister of Agriculture of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of COTED said that intra-Regional trade in food and agricultural products remained one of the greatest potentials for achieving a higher level of food self-sufficiency.