{"id":5414,"date":"2023-02-22T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:13:37","slug":"fao-water-energy-food-wef-nexus-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/fao-water-energy-food-wef-nexus-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Water-Energy Food (WEF) Nexus Workshop Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Opening ceremony and the first day of the FAO (based on the FAO\u2019s Strategic Framework 2022-31) two-day workshop was held on Monday 20th <\/sup>at CARDI. This workshop specifically for food producers and backyard gardeners was fully supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, IICA, GARDC, CARDI and facilitated by Mr. Paul Lucas, (Water Resource Management Specialist) CARDI representative for Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n

The participants were divided into two groups and the workshop would be held over the next two weeks on Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0 Therefore, participants who started on a Monday were expected to complete the workshop on the following Monday and vice versa.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Gregory Bailey, Director of Agriculture emphasized that \u201cAgriculture\u201d<\/strong> is to be regarded as a business and that it is expected that everyone in attendance would learn something and share information. \u201cWe are here today to educate each other on various considerations and concepts for pursuing agriculture generally and specifically to Climate Change Adaptation challenges\u201d, said Mr. Bailey.<\/p>\n

With great expectation, it is anticipated that this WEF forum will continue to provide the platform to better comprehensively define this concept within our local context towards effective implementation at the grassroots levels, Mr. Bailey added.<\/p>\n

The director also mentioned that in Antigua and Barbuda suffers from the scarcity of water and the cost of energy is the key contributing factor to the availability distribution and access.\u00a0 This further contributes significantly to the reason why we import over 80% of the food we consume.<\/p>\n

\u201cI challenge this forum and stakeholders to strive to forge a better link between water and energy towards improving food production, transportation, storage and use in an integrated manner\u201d, Mr. Bailey said.<\/p>\n

Director Bailey concluded his remarks by adding, that We all ought to strive for resilient and sustainable agri-food systems that promote better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.<\/p>\n

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