Agriculture
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YOUTH INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURE BUT NEED INTEGRATED SUPPORT PACKAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are interested and involved in the agriculture sector, but need, land, finance, mentorship, and greater involvement in policy-making. This emerged as the consensus among youth across the Region on Monday as they began three days of interaction under the umbrella of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)…
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PRESENTATION BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), DR. THE HONOURABLE TIMOTHY HARRIS, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, MARINE RESOURCES, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND CONSTITUENCY EMPOWERMENT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT T
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Your Excellency Alfredo Moreno, Foreign Minister of Chile; Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States; Senior officials of Chile and CARICOM States and of the CARICOM Secretariat; Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen; Representatives of the Media. It is a pleasure to be here in Santiago, Chile on the occasion of this,…
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Local sugar production up – $154.3m loan provides lifeline for industry
SUGAR PRODUCED from the 2010-2011 sugar cane crop was 139,594 tonnes, an increase over the 122,104 tonnes produced in the 2009-2010 crop. The amount represents a turnaround of a downward trend in sugar production since 2007 when the industry produced 164,387 tonnes of sugar. The total represents the seventh largest amount of sugar produced in any one season over the…
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Greenhouses in Jamaica helping forge an agricultural renaissance
As Jamaica seeks to slash high import food bills, the country and its farmers are reaping success with greenhouse technology.
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY–GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 10TH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE 12 OCTOBER, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I feel particularly honoured to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver these remarks at the Tenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture in the Nature Island. This occasion has special meaning for me, as I address you today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in my native land. It was…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY THE HON. MATTHEW WALTER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, DOMINICA TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm “Nature Island” welcome to all those present here today at this momentous week of activities. I feel privileged to be associated with this most important, timely and necessary event and feel humbled that my country was chosen as host. I want to apologise to…
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA (ACTING), THE HONOURABLE AMBROSE GEORGE, TO THE OPENING OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE, AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Greetings to all of you gathered here this afternoon in the beautiful Nature Island of the Caribbean – Dominica! We are honoured in the Commonwealth of Dominica, to be hosting the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture and the many very important discussions and fora under the auspices of our august regional agencies and international…
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JMA concerned about impact of lowered import duties
THE Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) yesterday joined the agricultural sector in expressing concern regarding the proposed reduction in the Common External Tariff (CET). “If duties are reduced, this will threaten the existence of several locally manufactured products, which will have implications for agriculture as well as the socio-economic health of the country,” said a statement issued yesterday by the JMA.…
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