A legacy rooted in Caribbean agri-food

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), Sub-regional coordinator for the Caribbean from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nati (FAO), Dr Renata Clar will retire from her post this year after almost three decades of service. Based in Barbados, with more than 30 years’ experience in agri-food systems, she assumed this, her final role in April 2019, overseeing FAO’s programme of work across 13 English-speaking Caribbean countries. Dr Clarke spoke with JIS News during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which ran from September 27 to October 2 at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny. “Most of my career has been with FAO. I’m retiring after more than 27 years with FAO and consulting with FAO before then. So, it’s about 30 years with the FAO. But before then, in my younger professional career, a memory that stands out is one of my first jobs leading a food science project. I’d like to think I’m enterp