Regional Conference on Cassava in the Caribbean and Latin ...

1 IReport on the Regional Conference on Cassava in the Caribbean and Latin AmericaConfeRenCe RepoRt10-12 febRuARy 2014 Regional Conference on Cassavain the Caribbean and Latin ameRiCaIIReport on the Regional Conference on Cassava in the Caribbean and Latin Americaphoto cover: CLAyuCA Conference RepoRt10-12 febRuARy 2014the unIveRsIty of the West IndIes CAve hILL CAmpusmInIstRy of AgRICuLtuRe, food, fIsheRIes & WAteR ResouRCe mAnAgement, bARbAdosfood And AgRICuLtuRe oRgAnIzAtIon of the unIted nAtIons (fAo)And theCLAyuCA, Latin AmeRICAn And Caribbean ConsoRtIum to suppoRt ReseARCh And deveLopmentRegional Conference on Cassavain the Caribbean and Latin ameRiCafood And AgRICuLtuRe oRgAnIzAtIon of the unIted nAtIonsRome, 2015 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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4 Nisa Surujbally, CARICOM Secretariat1. Why Cassava Industry Now?5 Deep Ford2. Global Cassava Trends7 Adam Prakash3. The Challenge of Feeding Nine Million People: The World Needs Sustainable & Equitable Food Security9 Bernardo Ospina4. Status of Cassava in the Caribbean : Multipurpose Crop of the 21st Century10 Janet Lawrence5. Cassava - Constraints and Challenges The Caribbean Perspective15 Vincent Little and Vyjayanthi LopezDiscussion19 Session 221 Sustainable Intensification of ProductionSession Chair: Ministry of Agriculture, Barbados6.

5 Cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean23 Norville Abraham and Donovan McLaren7. Cassava Global and Regional Production Systems and Relevance to the Caribbean and Latin America24 Makiko Taguchi and Alberto Pantoja8. Land and Water Availability for Sustainable Cassava Production26 Lystra Flecher Paul and Jan Van Wambeke9. Mechanization Strategies: Concepts, Principles, and Examples, with Focus on Cassava28 Joseph KienzleDiscussion31 Session 333 Demand for Cassava Products and CommercializationSession Chair: Dr. Cyril Roberts, Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CAR-DI)10.

6 Establishment of a Strategic Vision for the Development of the Cassava Sector in selected Countries in Latin America and the CaribbeanBernardo Ospina11. Post-Harvest Loss Management and Storage Need along the Cassava Value Chain35 Majeed Mohammed and Kelvin Craig3612. Cassava : Recapturing Lost GroundSmall Scale Processing A Barbados Experience43 Adrian Kirton13. Cassava Replacing Wheat Flour45 Vassel Stewart14. Cassava Replacing Corn in Animal Feed46 Tito Diaz15. Cassava Use in Beer as an Adjunct Replacement48 Damian Graham16. Tobago Experiences with Cassava Development50 Pathleen Titus 17.

7 Costa Rica Experiences with Cassava Development51 Rocio Valerio 18. Suriname Experiences with Cassava Development52 Hesdie Grauwde 19. UWI Mona Activities on Cassava Project53 Ian Thompson and Chadwick AndersonDiscussion55 Session 459 Cassava Policy, Marketing and Financing IssuesSession Chair: Professor Leonard O Garro & Dr. Angela Alleyne, University of the West Indies20. Commercialization and Marketing of Cassava and Cassava Products: Challenges and Oppor-tunities61 Robert Reid 21. Financing and Investment for Cassava Industry Development Criteria and Opportunities61 Luther St.

8 Ville22. Policy Incentive Framework for Cassava Industry Development in the Caribbean 63 Vincent Little Session 5 Way Forward, Collaboration and Actions (Group Discussions & Reporting)71 Session Chair: Ms. Jean Lowry, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)Group 1: Road Map for Production Approaches Small Scale and Large Scale73 Group 2: Road Map for Processing Approaches Small Scale and Large Scale73 Group 3: Road Map for Marketing National, Regional and Global74 Group 4: Road Map for Policy and Research75 Discussion76 Session 679 Closing SessionSession Chair: Dr.

9 Deep Ford, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Way Forward81 Suriname81 Discussion81 Barbados82 Discussion83 Jamaica84 Discussion85 OECS Countries (Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia & Dominica)86 Discussion87 Trinidad and Tobago88 Discussion89 Closing Remarks90 Deep FordAnnex93 List of Tables and production in select CARICOM countries (MT) of traditional , local and introduced HYV of Yields by Country Markets in the Caribbean and Latin in the Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Strategies (SAMS) Matrix for the Cassava Product and qualitative losses couring in the Cassava value chain in Trinidad and and qualitative losses couring in the Cassava value chain in Quality attributes of Cassava B.

10 Environmental conditions at the three critical loss points in Trinidad and Tobago and and Institutions Involved in the Strategic Vision for Processing within the Cassava Industry Small and Large and Institutions Involved in the Strategic Vision of the Cassava Industry for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Institutions Involved in the Strategic Vision of the Cassava Industry for Trinidad and Chain: Key areas of intervention being undertaken to strengthen the Cassava yields in selected countries in Latin Framework of the Agro-ecological Zoning Formulation Process of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Strategies (SAMS)