COTED on Agriculture opens Thursday

The Fifty-Ninth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture opens in Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday, 8 October, 2015.

The two-day Meeting will be held at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Among the matters the discussions will focus on are commodities which the Community had identified as priorities: roots and root tubers, especially cassava; small ruminants; herbs and spices, especially hot peppers; and fisheries.

Also high on the meeting’s agenda is discussion on progress made by the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) since it was operationalised in October last year with the recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lindley Collins.

Agriculture and climate-change related matters, agri-business development, the needs of small farmers with respect to the Regional market infrastructure are among the other issues the Ministers will address during their two-day meeting.

Representatives of the media are invited to cover the following:

Event: Opening Ceremony, Fifty-Ninth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic   Development (COTED) on Agriculture

Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2015

Time: 2 pm

Venue: CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana

Kindly make every effort to be present at least 15 minutes before the ceremony for timely coverage of this event.