Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr William Warren Smith said the bank views agriculture as vital to the prosperity of the region and countries like Guyana with large rural populations can develop a modern agriculture sector, creating jobs and reducing their food import bill.
“In the CDB, we like to talk about agriculture in the context of rural development. In other words, we feel especially in countries like Guyana, the larger countries of the Caribbean, large segments of our populations live in the rural areas so apart from ensuring that you don’t spend a chunk of your foreign exchange importing food,