1. Food Security
Caribbean

2. 15 Countries of CARICOM Antigua and Barbuda Jamaica The Bahamas
Montserrat
Barbados
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Saint Lucia
Dominica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
Suriname
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Haiti

3. About the Caribbean (CARICOM)
Stands for Caribbean Community and Common Market
Consists of 15 member states and five associated member states

4. Geography
The climate of the region is tropical (with some local variation)
Rainy season runs May through October with hurricanes common between June and November
Volcanic/limestone islands and mainland states
Connected to the Caribbean Sea
The Pitons in St. Lucia Photo by Amy Potter

5. History Region where Columbus first landed Part of Plantation America
A region that extends from Brazil to the Southeastern United States that relied on coerced labor, export commodities, and limited land access
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Approximately 50 percent of enslaved Africans went to Caribbean
Colonial export economy based on sugar cane
British, Dutch, French, Danish, Spanish
Windmill in Barbados. Photo by Amy Potter.

6. Present Day Tourism dominates the economies of the region
Globalization
Competition from other world regions has led to the demise of sugar, banana, and other agriculture exports
Small-scale agriculture dominates
Cruise ships docked in St. Johns, Antigua.
Photo by Amy Potter

7. Sources
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