The Re­gion­al Con­sul­ta­tion Meet­ing of Cen­tre for Agri­cul­ture and Bio­sciences In­ter­na­tion­al (CABI) mem­ber coun­tries in the Amer­i­c­as and the Caribbean be­gan yes­ter­day with an open­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the Hilton Trinidad and Con­fer­ence Cen­tre.

The three-day meet­ing, held un­der the theme “Work­ing in part­ner­ship for a safe and sus­tain­able fu­ture,” brings to­geth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives of CABI Mem­ber Coun­tries, re­gion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­i­sa­tions, gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, re­searchers, and stake­hold­ers.

The con­sul­ta­tion will fo­cus on agri­cul­ture chal­lenges in­clud­ing pest and dis­ease man­age­ment, in­va­sive species, food safe­ty, pes­ti­cide risk re­duc­tion, and sus­tain­able agri­cul­tur­al prac­tices. It al­so seeks to strength­en part­ner­ships and iden­ti­fy so­lu­tions to pro­tect liveli­hoods, ecosys­tems, and re­gion­al food sys­tems.