With the Caribbean coming under increasing pressure to mount a robust response to what is now being widely seen as a condition of food insecurity in parts of the region, some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states would appear to be stepping up to the proverbial plate with responses to a challenge that has never before been known to unduly disturb the region.
Last week, reports from Trinidad and Tobago provided news of a private sector investment in a new agro-processing facility, PLANS which, a media report from the twin-island Republic says, is intended to enhance the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) in boosting food production.
The country’s newest food processing facility is reportedly the outcome of a partnership between the founder of a local company SARR Distributors Rayanna Boodram and the now retired Trinidad and Tobago Commissioner of Prisons, Dennis Pulchan.