Region making ‘slow progress’ on Jagdeo initiative

Former President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo addressing the Jagdeo Initiative Conference at the Guyana International Conference Centre

-Caricom trade specialist

A top Caricom agricultural official says progress on the Jagdeo Initiative on agriculture for the Caribbean has been slow and there is a tendency to produce large documents with little action following.

Nigel Durrant, Caricom’s Agriculture Trade Specialist, was speaking during a one-day seminar on the Jagdeo Initiative held yesterday at the Guyana International Conference Centre. “We have a tendency to produce