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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Webinar: Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model

25 September 2018. Trinidad. Webinar. FAO in collaboration with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) – Trinidad, is pleased to invite you to the third webinar in the series on "Agroecology in the Caribbean": Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model.

The webinar introduced the key elements of agribusiness and explored the strategic management of an agroecological farm using basic business principles. The intent was to generate a discussion on how to achieve sustainable and profitable food systems through agroecological approaches in the region and to identify the possible impact of agroecology on a farm business.
  • Moderator: Mr. Naitram Ramnanan, Regional Representative, Caribbean and Central America CABI.
  • Relevance of agroecology – FAO’s view Ms. Beate Scherf, Programme Officer, Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, FAO Rome
  • Promoting agroecology as a profitable agribusiness model Bibi Ali – workforce development in the agriculture sector 
  • Closing remarks Dr. Vyjayanthi Lopez, FAO Caribbean
For those interested, kindly see below the recording of the webcast:

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