the Agriculture Agenda

Week July 19 - 25, 2010

Events directly and indirectly related to agricultural development

July NB:
Some more for your information!
Mon 19 National Consultations: The Office of the Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the CARICOM Secretariat is actively
CARICOM-Canada engaging stakeholders in Member States in discussions on the CARICOM-Canada
Trade Development Negotiations. The first Round of the CARICOM-Canada Trade Negotiations
Agreement commenced on November 10, 2009. CARICOM‟s objectives in an enhanced
19 – 20 July 2010 trade arrangement with Canada are to:
Antigua and Barbuda (i) preserve, build on and broaden the scope of the current instruments of trade
and economic co-operation;
(ii) where possible, to deepen disciplines to improve market access for CARICOM
-exports of goods and services;
(iii) broaden the country coverage to include all CARICOM states;
(iv) stimulate increased flows of Canadian investment into the region; and
(v) provide a comprehensive framework for development co-operation initiatives.
The Second Round of CARICOM-Canada Negotiations towards a Trade and
Development Agreement was held on 29 - 31 March 2010 Barbados, and a Draft
text on Agriculture and Fisheries‟ was circulated to member states for comment.
Tues 20

Wed 21

Thurs 22 National Consultations: See above

CARICOM-Canada
Trade Development
Agreement
22 - 23 July 2010
St. Kitts and Nevis
Fri 23

Sat 24 Open Day – University of The University of Trinidad and Tobago invites interested individuals to attend their
Trinidad and Tobago Open Day on Saturday 24thJuly 2010, from 10:00am – 4:00pm at the ECIAF
(UTT) 24 July 2010 Campus, North Bank Road Centeno. Persons will learn about their Diploma and
Trinidad undergraduate Programs in: Crop and Animal Science and Technology, Animal
Health, Production and Veterinary Public Health, Forestry, Ornamental
Horticulture, Food Science and Biotechnology. Persons can also participate in
their interactive demonstrations (budding and grafting, animal clinical procedures
etc.) and classrooms presentations. There will be lots of giveaways – forest and
vegetable seedlings. Interested persons can contact the University office at 642-
8888/223-4888 or email them at UTTCallcentre@utt.edu.tt.
Sun 25 Trinidad and Tobago This year‟s Mango Festival will see producers, agri-entrepreneurs; agricultural
Mango Festival support institutions and entertainers unite under the Network of Rural Women
25 July 2010 Producers (NRWP) of Trinidad and Tobago to host the 2nd Annual Trinidad and
Mount Hope Tobago Festival. The 1st Annual Mango Festival was held in August 2009 with
Trinidad support from IICA and FAO. This year the NRWP has invited several key
stakeholders in the organization and management of the event, such as the
Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs; The University of the West
Indies and the Tourism Development Company thus broaden the scope of the
event. This year‟s theme „ A celebration of the diversity and utility of the mango”
seeks to promote opportunities that exist through the use of the fruit to create
livelihoods for generating income, with major emphasis placed on encouraging
the production and processing and marketing of mango and its by-products. The
festival will showcase mango products such as mango chutneys, chows, jams
confectionaries…, handcrafted mango soaps and mango paper to name a few.
The day is tipped to be “fun and education‟ for the whole family and will feature
a mango market, grafting demonstrations, display and sale of mango products
and lots of exciting games and competitions.
Also in the month of July: Reminder
CaRAPN Medium Term Strategic Planning Workshop (Trinidad), the CARICOM-FAO Validation Workshop on the
Regional Policy for Food and Nutrition (Guyana), and the CARICOM FAO Value Chain workshop (St. Lucia);
Dominica National Consultations on CARICOM-Canada Trade Development Agreement
Details provided in next week’s the Agriculture Agenda
The full July and other monthly calendars can be viewed on www.carapn.net.
Please send information about your events to keep all stakeholders informed and updated on time to Diana.Francis@iica.int

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