agricultural development

  • Photo of CARICOM observes World Food Day 2025

    CARICOM observes World Food Day 2025

    World Food Day 2025 reminds us of the critical importance of ensuring access to safe, nutritious and sustainable food for all. This year’s theme, “Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future” underscores the need for global and regional cooperation to tackle hunger, malnutrition and inequality. At the CARICOM Secretariat, we join our Member States and Associate Members, farmers, fishers, youth…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat, Argentina discuss areas for partnership on food security, climate change, technology

    CARICOM Secretariat, Argentina discuss areas for partnership on food security, climate change, technology

    Dr. Wendell Samuel, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General (ag) Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, led a team of officials from the CARICOM Secretariat to bilateral discussions with a high-level government delegation from Argentina on Wednesday, 1 October 2025. The other members of the CARICOM Secretariat team at the discussion were Mr. Shaun Baugh, Programme Manager, Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Development, and Ms. Selvine…

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  • Photo of CRFM inks new accords with OECS, The UWI

    CRFM inks new accords with OECS, The UWI

    The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first bilateral accord with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The signing was executed during the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, held in Saint Kitts and Nevis during Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)—an annual event convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The…

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  • Photo of Chair of Special COTED on Agriculture highlights achievements

    Chair of Special COTED on Agriculture highlights achievements

    The 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, held 2 October 2025, in St. Kitts and Nevis during the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, has recorded landmark achievements. Among the achievements were:  Agreement on the Pre-Clearance Mechanism for Goods Agreement on Regional Risk Analysis Agreement on an E-Agriculture Strategy  The Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of…

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  • Photo of Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in March 2003. The momentous signing was done en bloc at the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, held during the recently concluded Caribbean Week of Agriculture,…

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  • Photo of Jamaica to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

    Jamaica to host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

    Jamaica will host the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)🌱, the Hon. Indar Weir, Chair of the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, announced on Thursday, 2 October 2025. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Barbados broke the news at the conclusion of the Meeting, which was held during the…

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  • Photo of Statement by Chairman of the 121st Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture, the Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Barbados | St. Kitts and Nevis| 2 October 2025

    Statement by Chairman of the 121st Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture, the Hon. Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Barbados | St. Kitts and Nevis| 2 October 2025

    I am pleased to report to the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that the 121st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED – Agriculture), held during Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, has been a resounding success. As Chairman, I had the privilege of presiding over a meeting that addressed and resolved…

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  • Photo of Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    The 121st Meeting of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture convened in St. Kitts and Nevis, on Thursday, 2 October 2025, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Indar A. Weir, M.P.. Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security of Barbados. One of the main activities of the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, the one-day meeting…

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  • Photo of Increase South-South partnerships, participants urged at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025

    Increase South-South partnerships, participants urged at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025

    Agriculture Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Hon. Samal Duggins, is pushing for greater South-South cooperation to advance agriculture. “Agriculture today, demands regional solidarity and global partnerships, especially south-south cooperation. This is why St. Kitts and Nevis has been deepening our ties with our brothers and sisters in Africa. More recently, we have been establishing strong ties with Nigeria.…

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  • Photo of Agriculture hailed at CWA as the cornerstone of sustainable development

    Agriculture hailed at CWA as the cornerstone of sustainable development

    Agriculture at the heart of sustainable development efforts of the Region, and solidarity among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its regional and international partners to achieve food and nutrition security, were common themes at the opening ceremony of the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture. The week of activities is being hosted by St. Kitts and Nevis at the Marriott Beach…

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