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The EcoAgriCulture Project Final Stakeholders’ Workshop Report Table of Contents Background 2 Opening Session 3 Overview of the EcoAgriCulture Project 3 Research and capacity building issues for mainstreaming 5 sustainable farming practices in T&T Reflection on the EcoAgriCulture Project 8 The Way Forward 10 Closing Remarks 10 Acknowledgments 11 Annex 1 12 Annex 2 15 Page number 1
The EcoAgriCulture Project Final Stakeholders’ Workshop Report 1. Background The final stakeholders‟ workshop for the project for “Implementation of Sustainable Farming Practices in Trinidad‟s Northern Range Communities” also known as EcoAgriCulture, was held on Wednesday 18 th January 2012 at the Auzonville Conference Centre in Tunapuna, Trinidad. The workshop was attended by fifty-three persons with representatives from the Maracas Valley and Caura communities, farming organisations, government ministries and agencies, the private sector, research institutions and civil society organisations; see Appendix 1 for the full list of attendees. The workshop was held to bring together stakeholders, to share and discuss the main findings and results of the project. The specific objectives were to: 1. Share the results of the project with a focus on the approach, opportunities, and challenges of the implementation exercise; 2. Provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share ideas on the approach used for implementing sustainable farming practices in this project, and to discuss modifications or alternatives to this approach; 3. Provide an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss research and capacity-building needs for mainstreaming adoption of sustainable farming practices; 4. Share information on follow-up initiatives of the EcoAgriCulture project. In order to meet these objectives, the workshop consisted of a series of presentations by the project team, followed by discussions among stakeholders on the materials presented and on reflections of participation in the project; see Annex 2 for the workshop agenda. The meeting was co-chaired by Prof. John Agard of the University of the West Indies, and Mr. Gregg Rawlins of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. 2
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