CWA 2026: High-level Bilateral Engagements with FAO

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Senator the Honourable Ravi Ratiram, continued high-level bilateral engagements at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026 in Jamaica, meeting with René Orellana Halkyer, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to strengthen strategic partnerships, deepen technical cooperation and advance Trinidad and Tobago’s agricultural development priorities.

Also in attendance were Gillian Smith, FAO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago (ad interim); Pablo Rabczuk, Senior Programme Officer, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Roberto Telleria, Policy Officer, FAO Sub-Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.