Retiring FAO coordinator pushes for 30% cut in feed imports
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WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Renata Clarke, who will retire at the end of October after 27 years with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), including the past seven in the Caribbean, wants to see the region cut poultry-feed imports by 30 per cent within five years. Clarke, the FAO’s subregional coordinator for the Caribbean, believes that wider adoption of black soldier fly technology could reduce dependence on imported animal feed while turning organic waste into an economic resourc