In the aftermath of the recent rampage by Hurricane Beryl, which has ravaged the agriculture infrastructure of several countries in the region, Trinidad and Tobago has recently sent signals that the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) plan to reduce its food import bill by 25% by 2025 would likely have been set back by the Hurricane and its aftermath.
With some territories in the region still in the process of trying to repair the worst excesses of Beryl’s recent rampage, the Trinidad and Tobago’s Guardian newspaper quotes acting Deputy Permanent Secretary, Denny Dipchansingh, as saying that the ravages of the hurricane have set back the region’s plan to accomplish what, until the advent of Beryl, had been a boisterously touted target of producing sufficient food to position the Caribbean to cut its food imports to the region by 25% by 2025.