Silence on regional food security terminal ‘broken’ by disclosure of new Guyana-CDB undertaking

Zulfikar Mustapha

Even as it continues to focus on playing its role – along with Barbados – in piloting the emergence of a regional regime that seeks to ease the region’s food security woes, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced, through the Department of Public Information (DPI) that it will be collaborating with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in what the release says are projects designed to “boost food security” in the region. Specifically, the release says that two projects designed to “propel the country’s food security agenda and boost market access and export” were launched on Tuesday February 6th though it gave no indication as to whether or not the projects are hinged to the ongoing food security pursuits of the region.