The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is on track to reduce the region’s multi-billion import bill by 25 percent by 2025, according to Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali.
Guyana’s Department of Public Information (DPI) said Ali spoke at a news conference on Wednesday evening.
The news conference followed the four-day 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.
President Ali, CARICOM’s Chairman, is responsible for his country’s Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security.
The DPI said he expressed confidence that CARICOM would reach its target of reducing its food import bill.
The Head of state noted some nations are facing difficulties in advancing this objective due to the nature of their environments.
However, the DPI said CARICOM developed specific initiatives during the four-day meetings to assist those Caribbean states in meeting the targets.
“We’ve made so much progress and we’re so confident about 2025, that I was comfortable enough to say that we’re looking at 2030 and how to end malnutrition and hunger within the region,” the Guyana Government agency quoted President Ali as saying.
Any third-party or user posts, comments, replies, and third-party entries published on the St. Lucia Times website (https://stluciatimes.com) in no way convey the thoughts, sentiments or intents of St. Lucia Times, the author of any said article or post, the website, or the business. St. Lucia Times is not responsible or liable for, and does not endorse, any comments or replies posted by users and third parties, and especially the content therein and whether it is accurate.
St. Lucia Times reserves the right to remove, screen, edit, or reinstate content posted by third parties on this website or any other online platform owned by St. Lucia Times (this includes the said user posts, comments, replies, and third-party entries) at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to you, or any user. For example, we may remove a comment or reply if we believe it violates any part of the St. Lucia Criminal Code, particularly section 313 which pertains to the offence of Libel. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to retain or provide you with copies of any content you as a user may post, or any other post or reply made by any third-party on this website or any other online platform owned by St. Lucia Times. All third-parties and users agree that this is a public forum, and we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any content you as a user may post, or any other post or reply made by any third-party on this website. Any posts made and information disclosed by you is at your own risk.
