Caribbean Food Systems
"Research Issues" Workshop,
Castries, St Lucia
17-19 October 2002
Workshop Purpose:
Building on the April & September workshops, to identify (i) scientific objectives of the GECAFS Caribbean Food Systems Project and (ii) potential collaborators
Workshop Objectives
1.to identify a clear set of research issues
2.to build a fuller synthesis of the Trinidad meeting (April 02) output, set in the context of further regional discussions
Acknowledgements
The workshop organisers gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs (NOAA-OGP) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).
Programme
(Detailed timings and breaks have been deleted for this web report version)
Thursday 17 October
Session I: Opening Session Chair: Dunley Auguste, MAFF, SLU
Opening Address - James Fletcher, Permanent Secretary, MAFF, SLU
Opening remarks:
- Cornelius Fevrier, CARICOM
- Donatus St Aimee, ECLAC
- Bobby Phillips, FAO
- Bruce Lauckner, Director CARDI
Background to GECAFS- Peter Gregory, GECAFS Chair
Session II: GECAFS Update
GECAFS overview - Peter Gregory
Overview of April and September workshops - Jaiwante Samsoondar, CARDI
Working Group Session A
Charge to Working Groups (with example) - John Ingram
3 Working Groups each to identify, in general terms, 5 interdisciplinary scientific objectives for GECAFS Caribbean Food Systems Project
Working Group Session A Report and Discussion Chair: Peter Gregory
Friday 18 October
Session III: Regional Development Issues Chair: Donatus St Aimee, ECLAC
GECAFS Summary - Peter Gregory
Presentations on regional development issues:
- Food security Bobby Phillips, FAO
- Banana export industry Errol Reid, WIBDECO
- Sugar export industry Lloyd Rankine, UWI
- C.V.E Sugar Production Roger Pulwarty, University of Colorado
- Diversification goals Vincent Atkins, CARICOM
Discussion of presentations in the context for GECAFS project
Working Group Session B
Charge to Working Groups - John Ingram
Working Group Report and Discussion Chair - Peter Gregory
Saturday 19 October
Summary of Working Group Reports - Jaiwante Samsoondar
Working Group Session C
Charge to Working Groups - John Ingram
3 Working Groups each to identify potential collaborators and respective role in project
Working Group Report and Discussion Chair: Peter Gregory
A Microsoft Word version of the workshop report (which includes working group reports, the workshop synthesis and next steps) is available to download.