FAO Regional Conference underway in Montego Bay

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is currently holding its 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and The Caribbean in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

The Conference opened formally with the feature address delivered by the Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Listen to his address:

Listen also to a presentation made by the Hon. Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education of Guyana during one of the sessions:

The regional conference will help the FAO to strategise for effective responses to the priorities and challenges that the Region faces in the coming biennium. CARICOM Agriculture Ministers met in January in preparation for FAO Regional Conference.

#CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture met yesterday at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, to prepare for the 35th Regional Conference of the FAO which will be held in Jamaica 5-8 March, 2018. pic.twitter.com/csUMty42QD

— CARICOM (@CARICOMorg) January 30, 2018