Winston Carroo is currently the Executive Director of Agricultural Missions, Inc; an ecumenical organization dedicated to the accompaniment of rural peoples in their quest for justice and improved quality of life.

He was educated at the Mico Teachers College and taught high school in his native country of Jamaica. He later pursued graduate studies at Cornell University specializing in Agronomy and Agricultural Extension Education.

For the past thirty years, Winston Carroo has been engaged in professional activities that support small farmer and cooperative development with a focus on farmer training and community development. Over the past seven years, he has been working on the development of community-centered models of achieving local food security and agricultural based economic development in several countries in Africa.

Winston Carroo has worked with Agricultural Missions for the past twenty years and prior to that he was technical trainer and training director for the United States Peace Corps.

Winston will be be bringing us his response to the IAASTD report.