Be heard
Contribute ideas to the policies and programmes that affect young people in agriculture.
CAYABYoung people growing the CaribbeanStart hereTeenagers and young adults
Your future can grow here.
Agriculture is food, business, science, technology, creativity and leadership. Join CAYAB to help shape a Caribbean where young people can build careers, enterprises and solutions that feed our people.
Not just farmingGrow food.
Build technology.
Create opportunity.
Build technology.
Create opportunity.
There is a place for your ideas, skills and ambition in Caribbean agrifood.
Why join CAYAB?
Turn your voice and talent into regional action.
Be connected
Meet youth, farmers, innovators, institutions and partners across the Caribbean.
Be ready
Learn about training, competitions, mentorship, markets and enterprise-support opportunities.
Be part of the solution
Help strengthen local food systems, create livelihoods and reduce dependence on imported food.
The Living Registry + CRAIG
Join the network now. Choose your pathway later.
The Living Registry remains a CAYAB programme and the voluntary entry point for young people and organisations. It is also being designed as the first layer of CRAIG, CAYAB's proposed trusted digital infrastructure for Caribbean agrifood. CRAIG is not yet an approved CARICOM platform.
- 1Join CAYAB's Living Registry
Create a voluntary network profile and choose how CAYAB may contact you.
- 2Select your interests
Choose consultations, learning, enterprise, employment, research or future supplier pathways.
- 3Build a Trust Passport
If you opt in, future CRAIG services may help you add authorised evidence of skills, production, business or compliance.
- 4Prepare for opportunities
See the requirements for approved programmes and what support may help close readiness gaps.
- 5Connect under approved rules
Apply through the responsible buyer or programme, which retains every eligibility, procurement and award decision.
Living Registry membership, verification, procurement eligibility and contract award are separate stages. Registration does not guarantee verification, funding, market access, a contract or an award. CAYAB's LAFP and CRAIG remain proposals subject to consultation and formal approval.
Learn how CRAIG is proposed to workE-agriculture
You can help build the digital future of food.
Agriculture needs coders, creators, engineers, analysts, pilots, communicators and entrepreneurs—not only producers.
AI & data
Forecast demand, spot risks and turn information into better decisions.
GIS & drones
Map farms, monitor crops and support climate-smart production.
Digital markets
Help farmers find buyers and respond to procurement opportunities.
Traceability
Use digital records to show where food comes from and build buyer trust.
Logistics
Improve aggregation, cold storage, transport and last-mile delivery.
Digital finance
Build tools for payments, credit, insurance and stronger farm businesses.
If you are in high school
Explore. Create. Compete.
Start with school agriculture, video storytelling, science, robotics, business ideas or community projects.
Enter the 2026 video competition →If you are a young adult
Connect. Build. Supply.
Show your enterprise, skills or interests and prepare to connect with training, partners and future market opportunities.
Create your baseline profile →Living Registry baseline
Be counted in the future we are building.
This baseline profile helps CAYAB understand regional participation, readiness and support gaps. It takes approximately 6–8 minutes.