<h3>Approval Date: March 2018</h3>
<h3>Key Objectives:</h3>

<ol>
	<li>Contribute to policy formulation, implementation and review by providing technical assistance for assessments and analyses of policy implementation;</li>
	<li>Develop and mount accredited academic and outreach programmes of excellence branded to promote food and nutrition security;</li>
	<li>Develop and deliver relevant and current training programmes to advance public knowledge to promote individual wellness, community and national development.</li>
	<li>Develop short training programmes to support entrepreneurship and business development in the food and nutrition space.</li>
	<li>Develop and implement food safety programmes for farm-to-plate food processing.</li>
	<li>Engage non-government and community groups in projects, operational research, knowledge development and dissemination, and support for advocacy for policy formulation and reformulation.</li>
	<li>Establish a fully accessible internet-based database of information on food and nutrition security, including research data, laws, policies, protocols and national, regional and international agreements.</li>
	<li>Provide laboratory and seminar facilitates for training, research in food and nutrition security, and commercial product development.</li>
	<li>Support research and development across the food and nutrition security spectrum, with attention given to the nexus between food security and nutrition security vis-à-vis the situation of Guyana and the Caribbean region.</li>
	<li>Serve as observatories and incubators for food safety, food security and compliance with national and international standards.</li>
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<p>Though this institute was approved in 2018, it has just been staffed ( 2022) through a grant and has begun to produce the first policy and innovation design documents for Guyana and the Caribbean.</p>
