Importers & Exporters Invited to 2nd Edition of Caribbean Virtual Agri-food Trade Mission

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(Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 1, 2022): The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is inviting importers and exporters to participate in the 2nd edition of the Caribbean Virtual Agri-Food Trade Mission which is set to be held from November 15-17 2022.

All agri-preneurs and agro-processors on St. Kitts and Nevis are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with buyers and sellers across the Caribbean, South, Central and North America. Eligible persons from sectors that involve the trading of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, crustacean and mollusks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, locally made cosmetics and more are asked to email iica.kn@iica.int or visit the IICA office at Porte Zante for more information.

A link to register can be found on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources St. Kitts Facebook page.development. Director: Ms. Camilla Williams Ms. Williams has a Bachelor of Science and a double major from the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Accounts & Economics.

Ms. Williams is a former staff member of the Central Housing Authority (CHA).She was transitioned from CHA into the National Housing Corporation (NHC), where she is currently employed. Ms. Williams has acquired over 26 years of in-depth knowledge of the institution, 12 of which she spent managing the NHC Mortgage Department.

In the last six (6) years of her professional career, Ms. Williams has held professional and community memberships. Ms. Williams is poised, competent and enthusiastic – RELATIONS – 15 to serve in this capacity for the advancement of the institution’s vision and objectives.

Director: Mr. Blyden Brudy Mr. Brudy is an outstanding member of society and has contributed vastly to nation building, particularly in youth empowerment religiously, academically and in the sporting arena. He is the owner of and sole proprietor of Brills Ltd, located in Newton Ground and has been instrumental in providing agricultural produce for the local and regional markets for the past 16 years.

Mr. Brudy has dedicated over 12 years of his life to the teaching fraternity, teaching Mathematics at the Sandy Point High School from 1997 to 2009. In 2001, he attained an IWAF Level 4 Certification in Middle and Long-Distance Coaching from the University of Technology in Jamaica and completed an advanced course in the said field in Lima, Peru in 2006, which affords him the privilege of being an international professional coach.

He has since served as a national coach for the St. KittsNevis Amateur Athletic Association and founded the High Voltage Track Club, where he organizes athletics programmes for children.