Project Activities

Activity H: Market access, non-tariff barriers and SPS issues for certain exports in the Latin American and the Caribbean region

The ECLAC Washington Office along with the Agriculture and Food Policy Center (AFPC), of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); organized the Firs Annual DR-CAFTA Agrifood Market Integration (CAMIC). Workshop held in San José, Costa Rica 6-7 November, 2007.

The objective of this workshop was to provide key leaders form industry, government, and academia from each DR-CAFTA country an opportunity to discuss concerns and strategies in the implementation of the trade agreement and to promote economic development in the agrifood sectors of their respective countries. The workshop counted with the participation of about 75 officials from the private sector, government and academia from 8 countries of the region.

Agenda

List of Participants

Presentations in Power Point:

Alfaro, Daniela (2007), "Una experiencia de integración en el sector privado agrícola del MERCOSUR. Programa de las agremiaciones empresariales: Apoyo a los procesos de apertura e integración al comercio regional (apoyado por BID/FOMIN)", Especialista en Comercio, Uruguay.

Angel, Amy (2007), " Políticas de transición para el sector agropecuario en CAFTA-DR", FUSADES, El Salvador.

Cordero, Jorge (2007), "Programa Tierra Fertil de Hortifrut", Wal Mart, Estdos Unidos.

Cristina, Ana (2007), " Guatemala: Herramientas para Promoción de Inversión en el Sector Agrícola", Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación, Guatemala.

Day, Lloyd (2007), " U.S. CAFTA-DR Trade Trends", Administrador, Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA).

García, Tulio (2007), "Observaciones Sumatorias" Asociación Guatemalteca de Exportaciones (AGEXPORT), Guatemala.

Henson, Spencer y Blandon, José (2007), "The Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain: Case of the Horticultural Sector in Guatemala", Internationa Food Economy Research Group (InFERG) University of Guelph.

Hernández, Noe; Rombert, Megan and Zahniser, Steven (2007), "Integración económica en el sector agroalimentario y el Tratado de Libre Comercio Centroamericana - República Dominicana - Estados Unidos", Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de El Salvador, American Association for the Advancement of Science y Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Jansen, Hans and Torero, Máximo (2007), " Los desafíos para el desarrollo rural en los países centroamericanos, con énfasis especial sobre el impacto del CAFTA", Insituto Internacional para la Investigación de Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI), Costa Rica.

Lesnick, Dennis (2007) "Metodología de FINTRAC", El Salvador.

Lundy, Mark and Reardon, Tom (2007), "Desarrollando cadenas de suministro exitosas en CAFTA-DR", CIAT Columbia y Michigan State University.

Ochoa, René F. (2007), " Lessons Learned from Other Blocs: The NAFTA Experience" Dirección General de Estudios Agropecuarios y Pesqueros, Subsecretaría de Fomento a los Agronegocios, Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural y Pesca, México.