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Seminar series “Agroecology in the Caribbean”

FAO in collaboration with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) – Trinidad, is pleased to invite you to the third seminar/webinar:



Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model



Tuesday September 25th, 2018

TIME: 9.30 -11.00 am Caribbean time (AST)

3.30 – 5.00 pm Rome time (GMT+2)

At CAB International, Curepe, Trinidad (Training Room)



or online at

http://fao.adobeconnect.com/rsztle29wmjq/





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The challenges to make agricultural production systems more sustainable and profitable are similar across the Caribbean region and evolve around inconsistencies in quantity and quality of produce due to factors of production, environmental degradation and climatic changes. Many of the countries have trained agricultural producers and a high consumer demand for agroecological produced food. However, most agricultural enterprises do not operate at their optimum despite having the knowledge, land, labour, markets and support.



In this context of sustainable and profitable production systems, agroecology is gaining momentum as information becomes more available based on anecdotal and case study evidence of its multiple benefits, from climate resilience to farm productivity. The challenge has always been to achieve sustainable food systems in the region and remains as an issue to be addressed in discussing agroecology as a business model.



The webinar will introduce the key elements of agribusiness as well as explore the strategic management of an agroecological farm using basic business principles. The intent is to generate a discussion on how to achieve sustainable and profitable food systems through agroecological approaches in the region and to identify the possible impact of agroecology on a farm business.



About the speaker:



Bibi Ali is an independent consultant focused on workforce development in the agriculture sector. With over 20 years of work experience, the primary focus is developing and implementing systems to support the growth of micro and small enterprises. She is also the founder of the Caribbean Network for Empowerment through Training (CNETT), a microbusiness being developed as a hub to support other microbusinesses.





The link for the webinar is:



http://fao.adobeconnect.com/rsztle29wmjq/



In case you have any technical questions about the webinar, please contact:

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



We look forward to your participation! Please see the agenda below.





Agenda

Seminar series “Agroecology in the Caribbean”

Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model



Moderator:    Mr. Naitram Ramnanan, Regional Representative, Caribbean and Central America CABI.



9.30-9.40       Opening: Relevance of agroecology – FAO’s view

Ms. Beate Scherf, Programme Officer, Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, FAO Rome

9.40-10.25       Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model

Bibi Ali – workforce development in the agriculture sector

10.25 -10.50    Discussion

10.50-11.00     Closing remarks

Dr. Vyjayanthi Lopez, FAO Caribbean

For further information, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



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