Defining a Policy Nexus for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in the Caribbean Region

Abstract

Low food production, combined with a high dependency on food imports, vulnerability to external economic shocks and climate change in the Caribbean, exacerbates the food security challenge the region faces. To confront the challenges facing regional food security, this chapter suggests policies emphasising their interconnectivity and how they would impact sustainable development systems under the ambit of the new climate-smart agriculture. It focuses on transformative policies that ensure that all people have continued access to sufficient supplies of safe foods for a nutritionally adequate diet and in so doing achieve and maintain health and nutritional well-being of citizens in the Caribbean region. The case is made for policymakers to do more towards ensuring food and nutrition security at the household level, protect and strengthen the citizenry who feed the nation, and act assiduously towards stability and consensus on the way forward in a sustainable manner.