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Caribbean Week of Agriculture The Alliance Investing in Food and Agriculture 26 October 2016 Presented by CARDI in Collaboration with IICA and FAO Small Ruminants Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Sheep and Goat Meat Imports CARICOM SR Meat Imports (tonnes) y = 90.102x + 8270.3 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 0 1994-2013 5 Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research 10 15 20 25 Import Substitution CARICOM Meat Imports USD$M 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 y = 1492.3x + 7285.7 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 0 5 10 15 1994 - 2013 Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research 20 25 CARICOM Milk and Cream Imports Importers World Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Aggregation Bahamas Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda Haiti Belize Guyana Saint Lucia Jamaica Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Suriname Saint Kitts and Nevis Dominica Montserrat Imported Imported Imported Imported Imported value in 2011 value in 2012 value in 2013 value in 2014 value in 2015 8,559,786 7,667,440 9,096,492 9,650,302 7,580,075 Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research 20,717 22,436 24,555 27,632 24,768 7,892 1,298 2,974 2,018 1,295 783 8,289 3,307 2,947 1,858 1,647 844 8,588 4,233 3,364 1,728 1,764 978 525 894 714 540 308 1,015 461 979 413 638 466 318 92 586 52 1,417 315 779 560 351 135 301 42 9,665 4,473 3,727 2,085 1,776 1,191 1,210 902 491 776 571 460 105 157 43 8,294 3,939 3,035 2,297 1,637 1,339 953 712 662 633 555 453 145 114 Investment Priorities 1. 2. 3. Production of goat cheese and other value added products from goat’s milk Pilot Project for developing small ruminant performance capacity for small and medium-holders family producers in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula Designing and Implementing a Small Ruminant Breeding and Selection Programme for Smallholder Farms Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investment Priorities 4. 5. Improving the Competitiveness of the Small Ruminant Sub-sector through the Development of National Grading Standards and enhanced Market Intelligence Improvement of pasture and farm management AND Capacity building of small ruminant producers in semiintensive systems Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Production of goat cheese and other value added products from goat’s milk Opportunities • Milk, cheese, yoghurt • Spa products – creams, lotions etc Selling points • Caribbean location • Health and wellness Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required The Maggotty Initiative • Rural community • Dying infrastructure • Thoroughfare for tourists • Rest stop • Processed products • Artisanal products • Experience tourism Caribbean tourism grew faster than the world average in 2015 Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Pilot Project for developing small ruminant performance capacity for small and medium-holders family producers in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula Opportunities: • Training and training tools • Breeding and breeding management • High value genetics Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Specifics: • Primary production • Breeding stock • Fatteners • Genetics • Value-added • Tourism services Animal science expertise Husbandry services Genetic services Innovative records management Inadequate supplies remain the limiting constraint to industry improvement 25-45% of consumption • • • • Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Designing and Implementing a Small Ruminant Breeding and Selection Programme for Smallholder Farms Opportunities • Adapted breeding stock • Semen • Embryos • Brokerage services Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Specifics • Barbados Blackbelly sheep • Semen management services • Branding and advertising services • Distribution services • Training opportunities • DNA services The services sector is the largest contributor to economic activity in the Caribbean Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Improving the Competitiveness of the Small Ruminant Sub-sector through the Development of National Grading Standards and enhanced Market Intelligence Opportunities • Master butcher services • Meat wholesale and retail • Inspection services • Grades and standards specialists Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Specifics • Training services • Distribution services • Tourism and hospitality linkages • Caribbean cuisine development • Improved consumer confidence • International acceptance • Regionally recognised platform • Cross-border trade enabled Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Improvement of pasture and farm management AND Capacity building of small ruminant producers in semiintensive systems Opportunities • Forage agronomy • Hay • Pelleted forages • Equipment and machinery Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Specifics • Access to improved forages e.g. Mulato species • Input supplies including seeds • Forage quality assurance services • Conserved forages sales and distribution Feed accounts for 70% of production costs Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research Investments Required Opportunities Facilitated by ICTs • Market intelligence and trade facilitation • Knowledge management and training • Praedial larceny • Dog predation Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research The future of small ruminant production • • • • • • • • Community based approaches Farmer centred development Conservation of adapted breeds Nutrition – NZ Model Health and food safety Promotion of our high quality products ICT-led innovation Caribbean cuisine, spa and craft Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research THANK YOU! Improving Lives Through Agricultural Research
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