In the matter of the recently announced interest on the part of Trinidad and Tobago in working with Guyana towards the creation of a regional food security plan, Head of Resource Mobilization at the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Maurice Wilson has more or less told the supposed interested parties to put up or shut up.
Wilson is quoted in the Wednesday, October 17 issue of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian as saying that while the announcement about possible serious T&T investments in major agricultural projects utilizing Guyana’s vast land space is “exactly what we want,” he strongly implied that the perceived agricultural projects were no more than pipe dreams unless more substantial investments are made to ensure their realization.
Wilson was one of a number of regional officials who utilized a recent media sensitization forum in Antigua to depart sharply from the traditional posture of patronage which both