IICA Director General visits Dominica

IICA Director General, Manuel Otero

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, will be visiting Dominica on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

Dr. Otero will be in Dominica to present IICA’s new 2019-2022 Medium Term Plan which is the
roadmap for the organization and recently approved by almost 20 countries.

During his visit he will also have discussions with officials on IICA’s presence and experience in countries of the
ECS as well as the role of the IICA Delegation in Dominica. He will be meeting with the Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Honourable Reginald Austrie; and
paying courtesy calls on the Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Senator the Honourable
Francine Baron.

DR. Otero will also be paying a courtesy call on CARDI’s Representative in Dominica,
Mr. Dorian Etienne. Some of IICA’s stakeholders in Dominica will also get the opportunity to
meet with the IICA Director General.

Dr. Otero will be accompanied by one of his Special Advisors, Dr. Patrick Antoine, and the IICA
Representative to the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS), Mr. John King. The Director General
departs on Thursday, August 23, 2018

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11 Comments

  1. Dbda
    August 22, 2018

    Run from that. Monsanto Bayer ring a bell…. you’ll have crops growing that you can’t replant without their seed

    • anonymous2
      August 23, 2018

      These farmers need to get back to the original organic farming and get rid of all the chemicals from these corporations that are destroying the fruits, vegetables and polluting the land. The brainwashing by these corporations is killing DA agriculture and as well people that eat the produce.

  2. Y U Running 4?
    August 22, 2018

    So Skerrit running from the Americans whether they are the senior management of Ross that stayed in Dominica for 4 days to try to meet him, or just Director General of IAIC en? Why he afraid of thos Americans for? I wonder if he thinks they are working for the FBI or CIA and might be interested in meeting him. Gason I bet you if it was someone from Russia, North Korea, Iran, China, Venezuela or a good man that loves Dominica like Aliereza Monfared, not Reggie they would be meeting with today.

  3. %
    August 22, 2018

    Meeting with Austrie,is like not meeting with anyone.This guy is the epitome of the most brainless minister in the Commonwealth,and in the DLP,he is not alone.This DLP has a plethora of accomplished buffoons.They get good advice,but is a “”cannot do”” government.
    Skerrit Must Go
    Skerrit Must Go
    Lazy Skerrit Must Go Now

    • Jaimous Thomas
      August 22, 2018

      you are one bitter soul. I do hope you relieve yourself of all that hate, bitterness and anger for your own good.
      Lord have mercy upon him.
      A wasted life

      • %
        August 22, 2018

        Jaimous Thomas
        I direct your dagger back at you .Stop being an accomplished accomplice of evil .The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their correct name,and my unflinching resolve is to do just that. DLP has failed you and Dominica.Stop hypocritically calling God’s name in vain.Your doggone hypocrite
        Skerrit Must Go
        Skerrit Must Go
        Lazy Skerrit Must Go Now

    • KID ON THE BLOCK
      August 22, 2018

      %, You are sick and suffering from Skerriticism.
      Skerrit will go only when Lennox has left. And Skerrit will go until Demitry takes over!
      Have you % seen those big BLUE FLIES that engolf an animal that have been dead for a few days and left alone in the sun? You potrait yourself like one of them.

  4. Ibo France
    August 22, 2018

    I hope he gets an opportunity to meet directly with the farmers. While it is important to meet with government officials to engage in meaningful discussions, the people who directly have their hands to the plough should have a say. More often than not, we need a bottom up approach and not this top down strategy every time. Hope to see the revival of this once flourishing sector. Dominica should be the bread basket of the sub-region. The arable lands, the abundance of water and sunshine, the people are available to deliver the goods, all they need now is astute leadership.

    • vrai den
      August 22, 2018

      And markets to sell what they produce, besides the local markets. Grow what you eat, eat what you grow.

  5. My bad
    August 22, 2018

    Oh boy, why is Austrie the one he meeting with and not the minister of everything, Roosevelt Skerrit, who has already told us that when people come to Dominica they don’t want to meet with no other minister, except him. Boy I can tell their will be a language barrier with Austrie

    • Joe Linton
      August 22, 2018

      Anyway what ever Roosevelt Skerrit did to you all he well did it eh!!!!!!! I wonder if you all even sleep at nights!!!!!

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