Also discussed, were the trade in genetic material and genetically modified organisms, and their effects upon agriculture in developing countries; the need for documentation; the need to balance the wish for local communities to share in benefits derived from foreign research and the desirability of encouraging such research and associated investment; the activities of the World Trade Organization (WTO) relating to agriculture; the role of the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM); and, the desire for close coordination amongst all the Government departments involved in these issues.
M. George Gamerdingen, de l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT); MM. Mervin Williams et Rawle Gibbons, du Festival Centre for the Creative Arts de l’Université des Antilles occidentales; Mme Rayan Ramsundar, du NIHERST; M. Alvin Seereeram, directeur de la planification au Département des ressources terrestres et océanographiques du Ministère de l’agriculture; Mme Cynthia Ross, présidente de la National Parang Association; Mme Arlene Thomas, conseillère auprès de la National Parang Association; M. Bruce Wilson, spécialiste des affaires économiques et commerciales à l’Ambassade des États-Unis d’Amé-