This Report deals with the issue of agricultural development and employment in the Caribbean. In particular, this Report will attempt to assess whether, in the future, the agricultural sector can be expected to assist in increasing employment or reducing unemployment in the Caribbean.
While this study will be relevant to the wider Caribbean, this Report will focus on the states of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for two major reasons. In the first instance, the countries of CARICOM (including Haiti and Guyana) are among the poorest in the Caribbean and thus the problems of agricultural development and employment could be expected to be most severe in CARICOM states. These countries would have the least amount of resources to impact these problems.