U.S.-Caribbean Engagement

The United States partners with Caribbean governments in defense of our shared values, and to improve Caribbean resilience in all aspects - economy, security, and democracy - so that the people of the Caribbean and the United States enjoy prosperity, health, and freedom.

Food Security

• The U.S. Government is providing the Caribbean with $28 million in assistance to address urgent food security needs.
• USAID deployed five technical experts to the Caribbean region who advise on efficient use of fertilizer, biofertilizer production, nutrient management and crop insurance feasibility, and are working to develop an operational logistics and supply chain model to streamline intraregional trade.
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted three capacity building training sessions to promote pesticide management and strengthen food security.
• USAID launched the two-year, $2.7 million Resilient Agriculture Activity (RAA) in the Dominican Republic to directly address the spike in food prices, crude oil and commodities-including fertilizers and other common agricultural inputs-due to supply chain disruptions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic. RAA will focus on soil fertility and fertilizer best practices, other climate-smart agriculture practices and local, organic fertilizer production.
• USAID, in coordination with CARICOM, is designing an integrated food security activity that will increase farmer adoption of climate-smart technologies, improve smallholder fruit and vegetable production, build capacity of SMEs in agro-processing, increase technical knowledge among extensionists, and address sanitary and phytosanitary measures limiting open trade.
• The United States, CARICOM, and the Dominican Republic developed medium- and long-term action plans that will guide ongoing efforts to enhance food security in the region.

Energy Security