On Monday, the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) offered awards to regional farmers as a part of actions to mark the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture that’s underway in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The presentation was made through the opening ceremony of the occasion which featured addresses and remarks from the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonzalves, Minister liable for Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, CARICOM Secretary-Basic, Dr. Carla Barnett and different companions.
Kevorn Vidal of Dominica was named CARICOM Youth Farmer of the Yr with Caribbean Broilers Jamaica successful the CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture Farmer of the Yr award. Alicia Bogues accepted the award on behalf of the corporate.
“It’s with immense pleasure and pleasure that I stand right here earlier than you because the recipient of the 2024 Younger Farmer of the Yr Award. I’d say this can be a true manifestation of perseverance and dedication. As a younger man who has been rooted in agriculture coming from generations of a farming household and a neighborhood invested within the agriculture sector, I’ve all the time had the will to toil on the land to provide meals, however to see the exhausting work, and the love and fervour emerge as a enterprise enterprise,” Vidal stated as he accepted the award.
In her remarks, Bogues, stated it was “an absolute honour”, to obtain the 2024 Farmer of the Yr award, which alerts that regional firms will not be solely succesful however are additionally making actual funding to realize the 25 per cent discount within the Area’s meals import invoice by 2025.
This yr’s version of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture runs from 7-11 October at The College of the West Indies Open Campus in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The theme ‘Local weather-Good Agriculture for a Sustainable Future’ is aligned with the aims of the 25 by 2025 Initiative to scale back the Area’s meals import invoice by 25 per cent by 2025 and make regional meals techniques extra resilient and sustainable. T
he five-day occasion additionally options workshops and seminars coordinated by companions in regional agriculture. By way of these periods, individuals will profit from subjects resembling safeguarding agriculture in a altering local weather; climate-smart fishing, younger individuals championing regional meals techniques; meals safety and vitamin; girls farmers’ pathways after Hurricane Beryl; digital agriculture within the Caribbean; and human useful resource growth within the sector. A Commerce Present and Expo which promotes agri-businesses, information sharing and the exploration of contemporary applied sciences within the sector, is a spotlight of this occasion.
