The Bahamas is a Member State of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  (IICA), which is an organ of the Organization of American States. 

The objectives of this hemispheric body are:

• To support the countries of the hemisphere in their efforts at integration, cooperation and participation in the global economy.
• To support the Member States in ensuring the safety of food supplies and removing sanitary and phyto-sanitary barriers to trade.
• To support agro-industrial and agri-business development of the sector by promoting the incorporation of new technology and business principles into the enterprises of the sector in order to promote competitiveness and the development of a global agri-business environment.
• To promote sustainable rural development and sustainable use of natural resources for present and future generations.
• To support the Ministries of Agriculture in the process of transforming their role, structure, and function in order to face the new realities of globalization and modernization of the State.
• To support the process of agricultural educational transformation, so as to produce scientist, technicians and entrepreneurs that can effectively develop/reposition agriculture.

Contact Information for the Bahamas Office

Manuel Messina
Country Representative
IICA
Centerville Professional Plaza Bldg,
8th Terrace and East Court
Collins Avenue,
Suite #5
Nassau, The Bahamas
Tel. (242) 325-8800
E-mail: manuel.messina@iica.int