Feasibility study of the CARIFORUM Rice Industry

The specific objective can be defined as to select the relevant policies that ensure competitiveness at regional and national levels of the CARIFORUM rice sector together with the identification, through detailed analysis, of the relevant markets and rice products that should be targeted within CARIFORUM. Tasks: preparation of two National Plans – one for Suriname and one for Guyana – and one Regional Plan – covering the remaining rice producing countries within CARIFORUM – specifying the mechanisms necessary to support implementation of the identified recommendations; the technical and financial resources needed to this end and the responsibilities requested at local level to guarantee their future sustainability.