Panelist

Bevon Chadel Charles is an Agriculture enthusiast, farmer, youth advocate and Entrepreneur from Grenada. She founded Akata Farms, a sustainable integrated farm that aims to build sustainable climate smart farms in Grenada and across the Caribbean to increase the regions capacity for export, value added products to strengthen Agri-Tourism enterprises and youth involvement in the Agriculture Industry.
She is Grenada’s first Country Representative of YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT. An organization lead by young advocates for agriculture advancement and change. A One Young World Ambassador, president of the Grenadian Youth for Agriculture development in technology, as well as the Regional Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals Corp, another youth driven organization with teams across the globe.

Her interests not only lie in developing a robust entrepreneurial sphere in Grenada and the Caribbean, she is deeply passionate about ICT, innovations in hydroponics, freight farming, AI Technology, Protein engineering and Nanotechnology as it regards to improving agricultural production and food security and how these innovations can transform growing rural communities that will, in turn, enhance the livelihoods of its people.

Her aptitude for personal development enabled her to be one of 14 Caribbean Entrepreneurs to be chosen for the Caribbean Youth Entrepreneur Programme.
Bevon was recently awarded Winner of the Caribbean Region: Commonwealth Youth Award 2021.