The workshop was designed to address the main contributors to the lack of youth involvement in the sector and also to provide an enabling environment for the young and the not so young within the network to come together, exchange ideas, develop leaders and find common solutions to common problems. It also aimed at increasing the interest and awareness of young agribusiness persons of the continuously widening career opportunities available as well as providing relevant technical and practical information.

Presentations made at the workshop included an overview into the current macro and micro agricultural business environment in the Caribbean and its impact on youths which were based on recent studies carried out by UNDP in 2009, with further experiences from the Pacific countries presented by FAO. Highlights of the findings indicated low levels of youth participation in agriculture and an ageing population of the agricultural sector, with the average farmer within the region above 55 years. The workshop also addressed topics such as crop production, marketing, working together in clusters, technology in agriculture, developing proposals for resource mobilization, etc. Participants also gained foresight of the agriculture sector in Grenada as a way of enlightening their young minds into the practicality of what agriculture is all about.