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CTA/CCST/NCST/CARDI/UWI Caribbean workshop: 'Adding value to local foods for food and nutrition security: myth or strategic option'

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- Dates: 26-28 November 2012

- Venue: Wyndham Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica

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The Caribbean region is a net importer of food. According to the Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy (RPNSP), the Caribbean imported US$ 3.5 billion in both fresh and processed foods, primarily from outside the region and this is trending upwards. Changing dietary patterns and more sedentary lifestyles over the years have contributed to the high prevalence of non-communicable chronic nutrition related diseases such as diabetes, cancers and hypertension. However, pockets of malnutrition and under-nutrition still exist in some countries, particularly Haiti and Jamaica. Within the last 20 years or more, marketing boards and small and medium-scale food processing enterprises have expanded but they face several challenges; technological, logistical and financial, in accessing and processing locally grown foods e.g. root crops, fruits and vegetables, dairy, fish, poultry and other livestock. At the same time, consumers have been confronted with higher food prices for local and imported foods.


 

 

Download the programme below. 

Presentation on cassava alternative products 

http://knowledge.cta.int/Dossiers/CTA-and-S-T/Selected-publications/Roadmap-for-the-foundation-of-a-sustainable-cassava-industry-in-Jamaica 

Report on the role and impact of marketing boards. 

http://knowledge.cta.int/Dossiers/CTA-and-S-T/Selected-publications/The-Role-and-Impact-of-State-Marketing-Boards-and-Agencies  

Survey synthesis report on agro-processing enterprises in the Caribbean. 

http://knowledge.cta.int/Dossiers/CTA-and-S-T/Developments/Survey-and-Synthesis-Report-and-Lead-Paper-on-Agro-processing-Enterprises-in-the-Caribbean

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