Regional Dialogue on Family Farming. Towards the International Year of Family Farming. Santiago, Chile October 30-31 2013 D.R.A.F. - Mesa 2 - Elabanjo

1. Extension Officer (Technical)
Coordinator UPA / Zero Hunger Challenge
Backyard
Agricultural Extension Division
Ministry of Agriculture
E-mail: owo_labi_1@yahoo.com
Skype: owolabi.elabanjo

2. MAP OF THE CARIBBEAN
SHOWING MEMBER STATES

3. In the Caribbean a family is the village, community,
district one lives. That's why in the Caribbean we
always say it takes a village to raise a child.
FAMILY FARMING is
A Right
A Covenant
A Commitment

4.  During the early days of sugar plantation
 Rice field and sugar plantation in Guyana
Livestock family farming in Jamaica
Banana plantation in the Windward Islands
 Vegetable Production in Eastern Caribbean
 Fishing industry across the Caribbean
 Agro-Industry across the Caribbean

5.  Nucleus farming family ( father, mother and the
children
Extended family farming ( father , mother, children ,
uncle, aunty etc
Community family farming

6.  The family farming in the Caribbean have not been
well documented therefore, their contributions can
not be quantify.
 Lack of documentation is hindering the
development of the operators of family farming
Lack of documentation scaling down the
contribution of family farming in the Agricultural
sector

7.  Geat potential to contribute to the GDP of the
region.
 By reducing the food import bill which is now
estimated at $4.5Billion
 By improving the Food and Nutrition Security
 By improving and increasing utilization
By increasing the rate of employment
 By generating the needed foreign exchange
Also, modernizing the tourist industry
Innovations across the food chain
Conservation of indigeneous biodiversity

8.  Livestock production
 Agro-forestry
 Fishing
 Agro-Industry
 Vegetable / Crop Production
 Fruit Tree Orchard
 Agricultural Marketing
Agro - processing

9.  Lack of land title deeds / certificate
 Using of land as collateral to access funds for
development
 Lack of Insurance policy for the farm and the family
 Poor infrastructure e.g. farm roads , water supply ,
 Poor marketing structure
Poor transportation within the region
 Poor land zoning system for Agriculture

10.  Food and Nutrition Security program
 Zero Hunger Challenge program
 Climate adaptation in Agriculture
Backyard garden programmes run by National
Ministries of Agriculture
 Buy Local , Eat Local Campaign which is run across
the Caribbean

11. Family Farming : Achieving Food Security and Sustainable Development
in the Caribbean
Production/ivity
Nutrition
Governance
Availability
Social
Protection
Resilience
Accessibility
Grow
Crops - Cassava
Livestock –
Small
Ruminants
Share
Food Based Dietary
Guidelines
Eat Fresh and local
Obesity
Fisheries
Undernourishment
Forestry
Pre School Nutrition
Food Quality
School Feeding
Wasteage
Income support
Sustainability
Protect
Coordination
Financing
Parliamentary
Councils
Private S/Civil Society
Praedial Larceny
Land Zoning
Natural Resource
protection

12.  PLANNING
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
MARKETING
UTILIZATION
POSTHARVEST
COOPERATIVE

13. o Good Governance
oCreating a forum for family farming in the Caribbean
and the Latin America
o Open direct opportunity for family farming in the
value chain
o Support the small Island states in the Caribbean
through grants and projects to improve economic of
scale for / of production.

14. FAMILY FARMING
THANK YOU