Central America Tunes
Food, Climate
The Third
Inter-Ministerial
Meeting of Central
American Agriculture,
Environment and Health
Ministers starts Friday
in Panama to analyze
climate change and food
security in the
subregion.
One of the main issues
of the meeting will be
the Central American
nations' strategy to
strengthen a common
policy in the production
of important grains like
rice, corn and beans,
which are basic foods in
the Central American
diet.
Panama's Agricultural
Development Minister
Guillermo Salazar told
Prensa Latina that the
topic was analyzed April
18 in El Salvador, by
foreign ministers from
those countries.
"Today's gathering will
find the way to hold a
meeting on climate
change, slated for May
28 in San Pedro Sula,
Honduras," Salazar said.
Among food measures of
the subregion are to
reduce production costs
with the joint purchase
of fertilizers, review
maritime freight costs
and tax reduction.
Also included is to
revitalize the Union of
Banana Exporting
Countries, created in
Panama in 1974.
Results of the meeting
will be revealed in the
closing's ceremony today
afternoon.
Those agreements will be
once again analyzed
Saturday by those
officials at a meeting
to be held in Managua,
with the participation
of representatives from
Cuba, the Dominican
Republic and Venezuela,
organizers reported. |
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