This issue of Cajanus summarizes the main findings of an International Conference the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) held titled "Food and Nutrition Security and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in the Caribbean". The conference was hosted by CFNI in Kingston, Jamaica, with sponsorship by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat. The aim was to gather new inputs from the regional efforts on food security, anti-poverty and health enhancing initiatives to be implemented in the Caribbean. Several regional and international institutions and numerous NGOs with programmes on poverty and food security participated. Over 80 persons attended the conference including, on the final day, several Caribbean government ministers and senior government officials.