Activities in the Caribbean region

Cross commodity

• Trade Opportunity Scan for the Caribbean group of Countries by FAO and ITC

To assist the strategy formulation process, FAO commissioned a paper to review experiences of linking smallholders to export markets in the Caribbean Basin. Opportunities and threats arising from the strategy of non-traditional agricultural export promotion are identified. The paper includes three commodity chain case studies.

• Donovan, J. and N. Poole (2008) Linking smallholders to markets for non-traditional agricultural exports: a review of experiences in the Caribbean Basin Inputs for strategy formulation by ‘EU-ACP All Agricultural Commodities Programme’ FAO/SOAS FAO AAACP Paper Series – No. 2

Cassava in Guyana
A joint FAO-ITC consultation was undertaken in Guyana resulting in recommendations for actions. In follow-up, FAO organised field work with the National Agricultural research Institute and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA). This resulted in a paper on the market for cassava in Guyana. A second paper focused on risk management (see key area 6).

• Blair, R. (2010) The actual and potential market for cassava in Guyana. FAO/IICA, FAO AAACP Paper Series No12.