Article by Kasmine Forbes. North American Congress on Latin America.
August 20, 2020.
Increasing community control and ownership of crops like cassava can ensure economic and social welfare. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, disruptions to global food and agriculture prompted Caribbean nation-states to increase local food production to enhance regional food security. In the wake of such efforts, the Caribbean Agricultural Research Institute (CARDI) unveiled a comprehensive plan to support these small island states in increasing domestic food production. Increasing the scale of domestic cassava production for food security across these sovereign island states, however, involves re-orienting social, economic, ecological, and political systems to strengthen local decision-making abilities. Improving opportunities for Caribbean countries to democratically decide on their food and agricultural policies will better enable these island states to command and control food security issues through higher levels of local food production.
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