ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses employment creation in agriculture specifically and, to a lesser extent, agro-industry is similar to devising strategies to change the course of economic history in the English-speaking Caribbean. It draws on the analogy because the twentieth century has recorded a persistent contraction in employment opportunities within the agricultural sector of these countries. The chapter analyzes the factors that account for the persistent decline in employment opportunities in the agricultural sector and the slow growth of agro-industry in the Caribbean Community and Common Market area. If regional production of fruit products is developed, the Anglophone Caribbean can stimulate cottage and fruit industries including pickles, sauces, soups, catsup, fruit purees and syrups, canned vegetables and canned corn. The chapter examines the structural and institutional limitations that restrain development in the agricultural sector, with particular reference to their impact upon the generation of employment opportunities.
