Agriculture Ministry joins with other actors to address Food Security
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Contact: Claudia Monlouis
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 – Ahead of this Jounen Kweyol weekend when food will be the main cultural attraction for the hundreds looking forward to the cultural fiesta, some of the messages of the recently celebrated World Food Day is being reiterated.
The Ministry of Agriculture recently expressed the desire to see the key issues remain alive in the public domain. Some of those issues were highlighted as matters which go beyond the scope of the Agricultural sector to embrace many other sectors.
Sub regional representative for the Caribbean Food and Agricultural Organization FAO, Dr. Barbara Graham underscored the cross-cutting nature of the issues that surrounds the right to food and food security.
“Traditionally the agriculture sector has central responsibility for food and even for food security; however the introduction of rights provide a legal basis for all individuals to expect or even demand an enabling environment to be in place to provide them with the capacity to access available food at all times, such an environment transcends the agriculture community.”
She said while the agricultural sector provides the leadership and the framework for action, the role and importance of the other actors must be highlighted. “Chief among those would be social policy formulation, and I'm pleased to see the Minister of Health, those in the private sector, and many of us who call ourselves consumers.”
The Agriculture Ministry has emphasised the need for linkages with its partners in development, among them tourism, health and education. Most recently Agriculture Minister Ezikel Joseph conducted dialogue with Minister for Tourism Senator Honourable Allen Chastanet and collaborated closely with the Ministry of Health in hosting the observance of World Food Day on October 16th. |
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