BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jul 14, CMC – The St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Samal Duggins, will on Tuesday virtually launch the 19th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA).
The CWA will be held from September 29 to October 3, under the theme ‘Sowing Change, Harvesting Resilience: Transforming Our Caribbean Food Systems for 2025 and Beyond’.
The virtual launch will also be addressed by Dr. Wendell Samuel, the acting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Assistant Secretary-General, Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, Teesha Mangra, Chair of the CARICOM Youth Advisory Body, as well as representatives from regional and international organisations.
The Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) is the premier event on the regional agricultural calendar. It is a roving event hosted by CARICOM member states and Associate Members and includes seminars, key meetings, a special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), and an exhibition.
The CWA was conceptualised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) as a facility to place agriculture and rural life on the front burner of regional integration activities.
The CWA is being convened under the aegis of the Alliance for Sustainable Development of Agriculture and the Rural Milieu (The Alliance).
To date, there have been 18 successful editions of the CWA with St. Vincent and the Grenadines hosting last year’s event that attracted an estimated 500 visitors for the week of activities that focused on ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture for a Sustainable Future’.
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