agriculture
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Bahamian women in agriculture
(The Bahamas Weekly) YOUNG. Female. Educated. Farmer…Expert in the field of Agriculture???!!! Something seems amiss with this picture when the current line of thinking, current hypothesis, advances the view that the average Bahamian farmer is male and in his 60s. Shattering the mold and clearly unlike that imagined character – with his balding head, sun-scorched and leathery façade, and aged body –…
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CDB supports Grenada fishing industry, puts spotlight on safety at sea
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – For people who work at sea, an injury or accident while on the job could mean huge losses for them—and their families. In Grenada, where the fishing industry has experienced positive growth since 2012, but where most seafarers operate without formal training or certification, the impacts could be even more devastating. From September 2015 to June…
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UN agriculture agencies to strengthen rural employment opportunities for Caribbean youth
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean through a youth employment programme called FAO/FIDA-Youth Caribe. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, or FIDA by its Spanish acronym) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
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Caribbean Fishing Industry Moves to Close Food Safety Gaps, Expands Markets
The Caribbean region's ability to cash in on a potentially lucrative, international export trade in fish and seafood is being held back by huge gaps in measures to protect food safety and animal health, experts say. But the experts, who are investigating food handling policies in CARIFORUM countries, are set to propose a new regime for sanitary and phytosanitary –…
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Protecting their crops through green technologies, Caribbean women fend for themselves
Through workshops, women farmers in Barbados, Grenada and Jamaica are learning more sustainable farming techniques and securing their livelihoods. Often totally dependent on rainfall for irrigation, battling increasingly longer droughts and intense bursts when the rain does come, Caribbean women farmers are looking to more sustainable means of crop production. With UN Women support, the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC)…
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Caribbean fishing industry ends meeting on upgrading food safety systems
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 25 August 2015, (CRFM) – Industry figures and government officials from across the Caribbean fishing industry Tuesday wrapped up two days of talks here acknowledging they were at the very early stages of introducing a new regime for safe seafood for local and international consumption. The two-day meeting is part of a European Union-funded project to help CARIFORUM…
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New Vistas For The Caribbean Agricultural Research And Development Institute (CARDI)
Chairperson, Honourable Suresh Algoe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Fisheries, Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee and Members of said Committee, President of the Caribbean Food Crop Society, Representatives of the University of Suriname, University of the West Indies, the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, University of Puerto Rico, the Food and Agriculture Organization, CACHE and other distinguished partners in sustainable agricultural development, Ladies…
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