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Agricultural authorities expressed their satisfaction with the Institute’s support, especially with its focus on supporting the Ministry, youth entrepreneurship and resource mobilization.

Victor M. Villalobos.

Saint Lucia, 1 June, 2017 (IICA). The Delegation in Saint Lucia of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) held its annual accountability seminar, at which the Delegation highlighted the activities carried out in the country during 2016, and outlined its plans for 2017.

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals.

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

The accountability seminar, at which the  national specialist in St. Lucia presented the Delegation’s results, attracted 50 participants from more than fifteen different entities in Saint Lucia including the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, St. Lucia Agricultural Forum for Youth (SLAFY), members of the Diplomatic Corps, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), several non-governmental organizations, academia, private sector representatives and private individuals. 

 

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