THE CAMPAIGN RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOUTH PLAY IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY.

CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett will on Friday, 28 October 2022, launch the I am Agriculture Youth in Agriculture Social Media Campaign. The campaign is being launched in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme and is being undertaken in recognition of the important role youth must play in the achievement of food security in the Region. It is one of the strategies geared at increasing youth participation in the agriculture sector. 

Young farmers will make presentations during the hour-long event. The programme will include remarks by Mr. Regis Chapman, Representative and Country Director of the United Nations World Food Programme; Mr. Joseph Cox, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Economic Integration Innovation and Development (EIID); and Amb. David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes, EIID. 

The launch will be held virtually via the CARICOM Secretariat’s social media platforms and can also be accessed via Zoom. The launch will be held at 2 p.m. on October 28. 

You may join the event via Zoom: 

https://uwi.zoom.us/j/94936401383?pwd=R29vWlhSWmpLZllWcTNNNWJ1Nm1XQT09

Meeting ID: 949 3640 1383

Passcode: 162652

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