Investment Opportunities in CARICOM Agriculture
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by Dr. Winston C. Smith
Price: $24.95
Book Website: http://winverpublishing.com
304 Pages, Hardback, 6 x 9
ISBN-10: 0-9795375-0-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9795375-0-9
This book, Investment Opportunities in CARICOM Agriculture is considered to be the most comprehensive and current publication on this topic. It begins with a review of the Caribbean area and the individual member states making up the CARICOM region After reviewing early settlement and the development of agriculture, right up to the present time, the book focuses on the contribution of agriculture to regional economic growth and development.Although Plantation Agriculture has made a significant contribution to the region's welfare, its catastropic decline during the last three decades, has now resulted in the need and urgency for change. The recommended strategy involves diversification of sugar and banana (focussing on such new products as ethanol from sugarcane and baby foods from banana), and intensification of food crop production, in all member states, both for import reduction and also for export promotion.The main objective of this book is to obtain funding and facilitate the implementationof the 300 projects identified for development within the region.
About The Author
Dr.Winston C. Smith acquired a broad-based work experience - from teaching and public service to management of his country's national Agriculture Marketing Board,and consultancy in the area of agriculture marketing with the United Nations. He also served as Senior Agricultural Economist with the Caribbean Community Secretariat(CARICOM). Dr. Smith has written extensively on the subject of agriculture markrting, including the following(1) A two price system to improve the dairy industry in Guyana (1974)
and (2) Towards an appropriate strategy for agriculture development in the CARICOM region (1994. This new book, Investment Opportunities in CARICOM agriculture, seeks to highlight the need and urgency for change in both the content and strategy of our regional agriculture.
Reviews
Copies of the book, Investment Opportunities in CARICOM Agriculture have been provided to two of our regional institutions - the Caribbean Community Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank, as well as to the University of Guyana and the Guyana School of Agriculture. Copies will soon be sent to other regional organizations. Many professional colleagues have expressed the view that the book will play an important role in the future development of agriculture in the CARICOM region. A former principal of the Guyana School of Agriculture" commented, "it is a refreshing new look at an old subject."
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