Strategic Planning

• Provision of strategic support to empower and enable the agricultural sector to develop an acceptable level of competitiveness.

Policy Support

• Formulation of Policies, Plans and Programmes

Project Coordination

• Coordination of Programmes and Projects

Trade Facilitation and Trade Intelligence

• Collaboration with other Ministries
• Technical Cooperation
  • FAO – Food & Agriculture Organization
  • IICA – Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
• Caricom / COTED – Caribbean Community / Council for Trade and Economic Development
• International Trade
  • WTO – World Trade Organization
  • EPAs – Economic Partnership Agreements
  • Bilateral Trade Agreements

Data Collection and Analysis

• Monitor Subsectors
  • Surveys
  • Sub-sector Research

Liaise / Monitor Affiliated Agencies

• ADB – Agricultural Development Bank
• ASTT – Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago
• CARDI – Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute
• CAHFSA – Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency
• CCIB – Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board
• CGA – Coconut Growers Association
• CCGA – Co-Operative Citrus Growers Association
• CFTDI – Caribbean Fisheries Training Development Institute
• CFC – Caribbean Food Corporation
• CSO – Central Statistical Office
• EMBD – Estate Management & Business Development Company
• HSTT – Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago
• LLPB – Livestock and Livestock Products Board
• NAHFSA – National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency
• NAMDEVCO – National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation
• NRWP – Network of Rural Women Producers
• NSDSL – National Schools Dietary Services Limited
• SFC – Sugar Cane Feed Centre
• SIDC – Seafood Industry Development Company
• TTABA – Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association
• 4H Young Farmers Club

Contact Information