Presentación (inglés) de George Alcee (OECS Commission) en el marco del Eleventh regional planners forum on agriculture and Symposium on innovation systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development, realizado en Barbados del 13 al 15 de septiembre de 2017.

1. AGRI-
SHIPPING
INITIATIVE
George Alcee
OECS Commission

2. OBJECTIVES
• Reduce the food import bill and revitalize agricultural sector in the Eastern
Caribbean
• Open new trading routes and create a sub-regional market for agricultural
products
• Promote food and nutrition security
• Reinforce links between stakeholders in the agricultural sector in the sub
region

3. From Farm to Market

4. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

5. 3 Refrigerated Ships traversing the OECS
and the wider Caribbean with
agricultural produce and livestock

6. IMPROVED STANDARDS:
 Phytosanitary compliance
 Improved packaging
 Consolidated purchasing
 Easier, higher payments to
farmers
 Mobile app/Platform linking
buyers and sellers of agric
commodities

7. ?
NEW MARKETS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Export Markets

8. 100
Head of cattle
EC$300,000

9. St. Vincent & the Grenadines has been the pilot for the
initiative configuring the product mix, packaging and
marketing; market penetration and shipping
arrangements.
Cabbage, Lettuce
Carrots, Turnips
Mangoes
Coconuts
Pineapple
Limes, Lemons
Cassava
Oranges
Breadfruit
Onions
Pumpkins, Butternut
Squash
Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Ginger
Passionfruit
Hot Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Avocado
Plantain
Yams
Soursop
Fish
PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED FOR TRADE

10. Cabbage,
Lettuce
Carrots, Turnips
Mangoes
Coconuts
Pineapple
Limes, Lemons
Cassava
Oranges
Breadfruit
Onions
Pumpkins, Butternut
Squash
Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Ginger
Passionfruit
Hot
Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Avoca
Plantain
Yams
Soursop
Fish
Antigua St. Kitts St. Vincent Grenada
Onions Onions Breadfruit Mango
Sweet
Potatoes
Cabbage Butternut
Squash
Soursop
Carrots Sweet
Potato
Mango Coconut
Fish and
Fish
products
Tomatoes Coconut Papaya
Pumpkin Dasheen Guava
Squash Yam Carambola
Breadfruit Mixed Herbs Mixed herbs
Ginger Golden
apple
Sweet
Potato
Sorrel
Arugula Fish and Fish
Products
Cattle
Fish and Fish
Cattle

11. INCREASED TRADE
Forging new purchasing links with Trinidad and
Tobago, Martinique, the United States and
Canada

12. Next Steps Priorities:
Conducting market analysis for the OECS
and the southern Caribbean to include
Barbados, Trinidad and the French
territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe
 Improving producer supply capacity
and competitiveness erm contracts
and expand export product range
 Improving producer supply capacity
and competitiveness
 Developing and implementing a joint
marine policy for the OECS, which
should:
- harmonise transport policies, legislation
and procedures

13. NEXT STEPS PRIORITIES
- facilitate the creation of the envisaged OECS and Caricom integrated
markets;
- remove internal trade barriers;
- provide conditions for “fair” trade between States; and
- promote a proper balance between the economic, social and
environmental dimensions of sustainable development
• Establishing a Regional Ship Owners Association/Shipping Pool that should:
- Establish an information platform: for ship owners, consignees, shippers,
shipping and forwarding agents and to help to implement shipping policy
from the ship owners’ perspective

14. NEXT STEPS PRIORITIES
- Arrange for pooling of transport
- Assist in securing financing of fleet modernization and development: through
agreements with State Guarantors and international lending agencies
- Arrange practical and theoretical training of ratings and crew members in
close cooperation with existing organisations such as Maritime Academies,
International Marine Organisation, IMO, International Labour Organisation
ILO and UNDP trainmar;
• Develop a Business Support Organization for the OECS Shipping sector which
will aid in the development of increased shipping activity utilizing all
available resources to allow for the participation of all shippers,
manufacturers, producers, suppliers and buyers

15. IMPLEMENTATION
FRAMEWORK (PHASE 1: 0-3 MONTHS)
• Establishment of NGO to govern the process and implement the system
• Set up representatives in each region under this model to act as part of the
NGO for distribution of information and implementation of all the activities that
this model requires
• Review all previous and existing projects (OECS funded) to reduce duplication
of activities
• Identify and Consolidate Strategic linkages: FAO, CARICOM, CARDI, IICA and
IDB (technical support and development funding access)