Caribbean Food Crops Society

The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the regional trade association serving agronomists and agriculture for countries bordering on the Caribbean Sea. Agriculture is the largest sector of the economy of the Caribbean and it affects every nation and territory within the region. The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the organization through which people in the field have the opportunity to meet to discuss research and shared concerns and objectives.

Logo of the Caribbean Food Crop Society

The society was founded in 1963 by Richard Marshall Bond, the Director, and Arnold Krochmal Assistant Director of the United States Department of Agriculture's Experimental Station on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. The association had its first annual meeting at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados in 1964.

Venues by year

2004 – Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands 2005 – Guadeloupe, French Antilles 2006 – Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S. 2007 – San Jose, Costa Rica 2008 – Miami, Florida, U.S. 2009 - Basseterre, Saint Kitts 2010 - Dominican Republic 2011 - Bridgetown, Barbados

2012 - Costa Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2013 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2014 - Saint Thomas, U.S.V.I. 2015 - Paramaribo, Suriname 2016 - Guadeloupe, French Antilles 2017 - San Juan, Puerto Rico 2018 - Belize City, Belize 2019 - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

2020 - Ste-Luce, Martinique, F.A. cancelled 2021 None designated cancelled 2022 - Cayenne, French Guiana 2023 - St. George's, Grenada 2024 - Bávaro, Dominican Republic 2025 - Saint Martin/Sint Maarten 2026 - Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands 2027 - Georgetown, Guyana

External links

• Caribbean Food Crop Society- Home
• Caribbean Food Crops Society - 2007
• C.F.C.S. 2011 Barbados - Home
• Abstract 1977 CFCS Conference
• SIDALC - Sistema de Informacion y Documentacion Agropecuaria de las Americas