“Agriculture trade plays an important part in the sustainability of global, regional and national food systems. In Guyana agriculture has been identified as a key driver in the national development and transformational agenda.
As one of the largest agricultural producers in the Caribbean Region, Guyana bears a growing responsibility for the region’s food security, especially during these challenging times.
This Virtual Forum therefore wishes to explore more closely, not just what the prospects of a bolstered agriculture trade mechanism can achieve, but also what is required to achieve it? Will the further opening of agricultural markets and aligning domestic policies to the new environment help foster innovation, productivity growth, and long term sustainability or will governments feel that they are too dependent on foreign sources of supply and may wish to reverse the impact of globalization? These are the questions that are now being considered by stakeholders within the agriculture trading system globally.”
