PRESS RELEASE
Edmunds Appointed Director of
Agricultural Sector Relations of
The Caribbean Agricultural Network
Dr. Joseph Edsel Edmunds of St Lucia has been
appointed Director of the Agricultural Sector Relations of the Caribbean
Agricultural Network (CAN) based in the United States by the President of the
Network, prominent Dominican lawyer and Caribbean development advocate Gabriel J.
Christian.
The appointment letter states that "This
position grants you the mandate to do all things reasonable and necessary to
link our organization to government and non-government entities for the purpose
of promoting Caribbean agriculture. We believe
that your stature and experience can go a long way in advancing our regional
interest and that of our affiliates in Africa, the Americas, and further
afield".
Dr, Edmunds has served as a consultant to various
international agencies in the South Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the
Caribbean and is a world renowned Nematologist.
The nematode Longidorus edmunsi was named in his honor by a British
Nematologist in recognition of this contribution to this field of science. He is a former Senior Research Fellow of the
University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus, and Director of Research
and Development of the Windward Islands Banana Industry.
The Agricultural Network, a non-governmental
organization, was launched on April 16 in Washington, DC with established links
with African, Latin American and Caribbean scientists and members of agro
industries which have been successful in generating economic agricultural
enterprises in developed and developing countries.
For example, the network is working together with
the farming community and Government of Dominica in the resuscitating of the
cocoa industry of the island and the production of world class chocolate for
international trade. This has been
achieved through partnership with SPAGnVOLA chocolatier, premium chocolate
makers based in Gaithersburg - Maryland.
