Guyana
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Successful EUCARINET Policy Dialogue Workshop held in Georgetown Guyana:
The First Bi-Regional Dialogue (Caribbean–EU) Workshop under the EUCARINET Project was hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in conjunction with the consortium of Project Partners from Europe and Caribbean, in April 2013 at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana The Bi-Regional dialogue focused on addressing long-term strategies to strengthen existing cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) between Europe and…
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`Believe in agriculture’ – rallying call at CWA 2013 opening
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 was formally opened on Wednesday evening with rallying calls for belief in the agricultural potential of the Region, and action, at all levels, to realize that potential. At the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, where activities of the twelfth edition of CWA are anchored,…
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REMARKS BY HON. JENNIFER WEBSTER, MINISTER OF HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE Women´s Forum, Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 OCTOBER 8, 2013
Colleague of the Cabinet – Hon. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, MP-Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Wilmot Garnett-IICA Representative to Guyana, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Visiting Delegates, especially our female delegates, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Media. Let me extend a welcome to all our overseas Guests who are visiting Guyana for the first time and to extend a special…
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International migration
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Even as a high-level dialogue among states and governments on the issue of international migration began at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last Thursday, October 3, the media were reporting that more than 100 African migrants had perished (now believed to be more than 300) when their boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean off…
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EU, Caribbean in accord to upgrade food export standards
(GEORGETOWN) – The European Union agreed Wednesday to spend US$15.7 million on improving systems to ensure that Caribbean food exports meet international standards, officials said. The EU Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecky, and the Director General of the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Victor Villalobos, signed the agreement on the margins of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, being…
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Agriculture back in spotlight
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Donald Ramotar said that agriculture is finally getting the recognition it deserves in the Caribbean. The president made this remark while addressing the official opening of the 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) being hosted here after 10 years. Ramotar said there are many challenges that confront the Caribbean and the world at large, but one…
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President Ramotar pleased with efforts to ensure food security in the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, — Caribbean Week of Agriculture officially began here on Wednesday night with Guyana’s President Donald Romatar expressing support for the efforts being made in the region to reduce food imports and ensure food security. “I agree … that we can’t supply one hundred per cent of our needs, but certainly we can do far better than we are…
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Senior CTA official says developing countries should duplicate CWA
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Netherlands-based Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA) says developing countries could benefit from duplicating the format used by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to discuss the development of the sector. “I think this is the only region where there is a specific week every year dedicated to bring…
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Minister urges youth to reject ‘agropreneurs’ label
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Tuesday urged young people involved in agricultural business to reject the “agropreneurs” label, a term used to refer to persons involved in agricultural enterprises. “I absolutely reject the notion that agriculture is for subsistence livelihood. Anybody who wants to push that, I say absolutely not!” he told the Caribbean Farmers…
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Regional agriculture ministers to meet in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Agriculture ministers from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to meet here later this week to discuss ways of procuring agricultural inputs at a reduced cost, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced. He said the meeting over the next few days would include his counterparts from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis and Dominica as…
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