What can be done to boost production and tap into the islands’ agricultural potential?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Nirmalla Debysingh-Persad, CEO, National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation: Interview from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Articles & Analysis | Agricultural exports medicinal cannabis and chocolate source of foreign exchange for Trinidad and Tobago from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Alongside tourism and financial services, agro-industry is an area that holds significant potential for diversification and growth in Trinidad and Tobago’s economy. With a rich tradition of agricultural production and a climate that facilitates the cultivation of a number of cocoa hybrids, the sector has long been earmarked as a potential driver of growth. Furthermore, both...
Articles & Analysis | Skills gap creates a need for educational diversification in Trinidad and Tobago from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
The education system in Trinidad and Tobago offers universal free education for all citizens, ensuring that over 95% of the population are enrolled in primary education. With the adult literacy rate at around 99% in 2010, T&T was already far above the 2018 world average of 86%. In addition, education received the highest budget allocation for FY 2019/20, at TT$7.6bn ($1....
Interviews & Viewpoints | Gillian Paul, President, College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago: Interview from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
What efforts must be made in tertiary education to match programmes with labour demand?
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago invests in health infrastructure from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
The health sector of Trinidad and Tobago is founded on the principle of a free, universal coverage funded by the government and taxpayers. The FY 2019/20 budget assigned health care the third-highest allocation after education and national security. In addition to providing health care to a population of over 1.3m, much of this budget will go towards the construction of new...
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago promotes unique island offerings to tourists from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
In 2017 the government dissolved the Tourism Development Company and formed two new organisations in its place: the Tobago Tourism Agency (TTA) and the Tourism Trinidad Destination Management Company Limited (TTL). The bodies were established to promote each island as its own independent tourist destination, with Trinidad focusing on meetings, incentives, conferences and...