Regional rural radio network for the caribbean

Abstract

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, 1995 The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)was founded in 1975 as an autonomous institution of 12 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).The member countries are: Antigua and Barbuda,Barbados, Belize,Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. The governing body is the Standing Committee of Ministers responsible for Agriculture, and the board of directors is drawn from member governments and regional agencies. CARDI's mission statement is: To accelerate sustainable agricultural development through strategic management of those processes that generate, transfer and commercialize appropriate technology that will improve the social and economic well-being of Caribbean people. ; second meeting