Farmers welcome CWA focus - Anguilla News
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Farmers in the Region on Monday welcomed the attention being placed on family farming, but cautioned against the absence of women and youth,...
View ArticleExperts highlight impact of climate change on fish and small ruminants -...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 6 -- Two regional experts have warned of the impact of climate change on fish and small ruminants, two important protein sources in the Caribbean.
View ArticleDominica wants evaluation of Caribbean Agriculture Week; CTA says that's...
The Netherlands –based Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) on Wednesday signaled its willingness to review the success of the annual Caribbean Week of Agriculture...
View ArticleFarmers welcome this year’s focus on Caribbean Week of Agriculture - Guyana...
Farmers in the Caribbean on Monday welcomed the attention being placed on family farming, but cautioned against the absence of women and youth, shifting goalposts and ignoring cultural elements in the...
View ArticleInternational buyers desire authentic Pacific products, says expert - Pacific...
International buying trends means local farmers and producers can add value to raw products and brand them with authentic stories like never before.
View ArticleTime to invest in the fishery sector - Insight
A lack of investment in the fishery industry is creating some difficulties for one of the oldest supplies of fresh food. Susan Singh- Renton of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism explained that...
View ArticleLong overdue non-tariff barriers up for discussion - Insight
Non-tariff barriers to trade in Agriculture would be among the issues discussed with the Council for Trade and Development meet in Suriname as part of Caribbean Week of Agriculture. Desiree...
View ArticleWho Will Be the Bread Basket of the Caribbean? - Insight
Suriname said that it is aiming to be the bread basket of the Caribbean. Guyana's neighbor said that is has a five year plan that would see it feeding the region. Today, Permanent Secretary in the...
View ArticleClimate Proofing Our Ocean - Insight
Our continuous enjoyment of the ocean is being threatened says Milton Haughton, Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism. He declared this, yesterday, when he addressed farmers,...
View ArticleSugar makes an appearance at CWA 2014 - Insight
A review of the sugar industry birthed at the May 2014 Caricom Sugar Stakeholders would be before regional ministers who are in Suriname for a meeting to be on Friday for the Council for Trade and...
View ArticleCaribbean Week of Agriculture… “Take care of the land and it will take care...
Farmers in the region on Monday welcomed the attention being placed on family farming, but cautioned against the absence of women and youth, shifting goalposts and ignoring cultural elements in the...
View ArticleSuriname wants to become Caribbean's food basket - Carib Newsdesk
Top officials of Suriname's Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday declared that they were working to make that former Dutch colony the bread-basket of the Caribbean, but quickly back-pedaled and said that...
View ArticleCaricom Agriculture Ministers to review state of sugar industry - Carib Newsdesk
Amid high production costs and low prices, Caribbean cane sugar producers are turning their attention to produce value-added sugars and sell the sweetener in bulk to booming industries, officials said...
View ArticleAgri education has to be tied to incentives – FAO Coordinator - Stabroek News
Agriculture development is directly tied to incentive-based training, according to Dr John R Deep Ford, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Coordinator for the Caribbean.
View ArticleCTA committed to help create opportunities for Caribbean agriculture -...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct. 9, -- The main financier of Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), the region's premier agricultural event, says its plans for interventions in the Caribbean during the coming...
View ArticleHotter Caribbean Poses Challenges for Livestock Farmers - Global Issues
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 08 (IPS) - Livestock farmers in the Caribbean are finding it increasingly difficult and expensive to rear healthy animals because of climate change, a situation that poses a...
View ArticleCARDI head to quit by year-end - Carib Newsdesk
PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research Institute (CARDI), Dr. Arlington Chesney has confirmed that he will leave the institute by the end of this year.
View ArticleNGO disappointed with region’s response to Year of Family Farmers - Carib...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 9 -- The head of a regional network of small farmers has expressed disappointment with the region's response to the International Year of Family Farming.
View ArticleGuyana wants anti-microbial resistance put on international agenda - Carib...
Guyana plans to ask the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) to start taking steps to place the use of antibiotic resistance on the international agenda to ensure food security and human safety.
View ArticleHigh-Tech, High Yields: Caribbean Farmers Reap Benefits of ICT
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 15 2014 (IPS) - Farmers in the Caribbean are being encouraged to make more use of farm apps and other forms of ICT in an effort to increase the knowledge available for making...
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