Gya: Caricom powerless like white on rice

Caricom needs to get tough on member states who are not observing their obligations to the Rice Monitoring Mechan-ism at the expense of the industry, says Caribbean Rice Association (CRA) Chairman and rice miller Beni Sankar.

"If the monitoring mechanism does not work - no matter how much money they put in the industry - it will die," says Sankar, who notes that after two years of diplomatic jargon the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) needs to do more than "note" and "urge" member states who are not playing by the rules.