Workers unload bags of rice on January 19, 2011 at the Port of Abidjan where 80% of Ivory Coast's exports transit. EU-registered ships have been barred from dealing with Ivory Coast's main cocoa ports in line with sanctions over the nation's controversial November presidential poll. The European Union last weekend slapped sanctions on outcast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo and 84 of his associates, as well as 11 economic entities in the world's top cocoa producer. AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
A leading official of the Food and Agriculture Organisation says the level of food imports to the Caribbean is cause for concern.
Dr Reneta Clarke, sub-regional coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, says the Caribbean needs to build food security.
Dr Clarke was here to develop a road map for the agricultural sector for the next five years.
Dr Renata Clarke, sub-regional director of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
