Cariscience professor lauds Jagdeo Initiative (Monday, September 10th 2007)

Cariscience's Professor Harold Ramkissoon has lauded the Jagdeo Initiative for leading the Region's agricultural programme towards food security and sustainability.
According to a press release from the Government Information Agency Ramkissoon, following a meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss how the Region's science and technology drive could be improved said he was "very optimistic that we would see results from this initiative. I would like to see similar initiatives with respect to energy security." He said if food and energy security could be achieved in the Caribbean Community it would create an independent Region.
Themed 'Strengthening Agriculture for Sustainable Development' the objectives of the Initiative include alleviating binding constraints to the development of the sector and creating an enabling environment to encourage a revival of investment in agriculture. In keeping with this, an Agriculture Donors Conference held in Trinidad and Tobago in June, raised US$10M in pledges, from the Region, for the project.
An Investment Confer-ence is planned for November to further consolidate the financial commitments made.