Region must collaborate to reduce food imports

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Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Supermarket Association of T&T president Rajiv Diptee shares a light moment with Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon at Nestle’s booth during the Caribbean Food and Beverage Event at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Supermarket Association of T&T president Rajiv Diptee shares a light moment with Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon at Nestle’s booth during the Caribbean Food and Beverage Event at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya

By Raphael John-Lall

(T&T Guardian) President of the Supermar-ket Association of T&T (SATT) Rajiv Diptee is warning of dire consequences like hunger and malnutrition if T&T and the rest of the region do not achieve food security in the short term.

“According to CEO of the Caricom Private Sector Organisation (CPSO) Dr Patrick Antoine, 52 per cent of the people in the Caricom population are food insecure,” he told the Sunday Business Guardian.

“If that organisation is saying that, then this is alarming. People don’t understand the difference between food security, nutrition, food insecurity and vulnerable households.