Agriculture
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CSME, AGRICULTURE IN FOCUS AT CARICOM MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for economic development issues will meet under the umbrella of CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Guyana, 11-12 May 2005. The Ministers will be guided in their deliberations by discussions and recommendations from their officials who are scheduled to meet on 9-10 May 2005, also in Guyana.…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM, 4 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team Other members of the Japanese delegation Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM Other Members of the CARICOM team Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies…
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CARICOM AND JAPAN HOLD TALKS ON MAJOR FISHERIES PROJECT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat through the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is currently spearheading talks with the Government of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the development of a master plan for fisheries and aquaculture development in the Caribbean. At a meeting of CARICOM Directors of Fisheries/Chief Fisheries Officers and members…
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CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES FOCUS ON FOOD SECURITY IN MAURITIUS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday (January 12) co-sponsored a forum on agriculture, food production and food security in the Caribbean and Pacific regions as a partnership event at the international meeting on small island developing states (SIDS) in Mauritius.…
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Address by H.E Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), to the 120th Annual General Meeting of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry And Agriculture, 24 November 2004, Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia
Ms. Thecla Deterville, President of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Mr. Brian Louisy, Executive Director of the Chamber Other Members of the Chamber’s Management Committee Other Members of the Chamber Members of the MediaDistinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am truly delighted to be sharing this milestone event with you. Your 120th year of service in consistently…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE 120TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SAINT LUCIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, 24 NOVEMBER 2004, RODNEY BAY, SAINT LUCIA
Ms. Thecla Deterville, President of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Mr. Brian Louisy, Executive Director of the Chamber Other Members of the Chamber's Management Committee Other Members of the Chamber Members of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am truly delighted to be sharing this milestone event with you. Your 120th year of service in…
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CARICOM OFFICIAL URGES REPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open fora with staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown…
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CARICOM OFFICIAL URGES REPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open fora with staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown…
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CARICOM MINISTERS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND ITS LINKAGES TO OTHER SECTORS
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture and Trade participated in the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 16-17 June 2004, under the chairmanship of Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The main focus…
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