agriculture
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Canada to fund six-year plantain production and marketing project
LOCAL plantain farmers will soon be receiving full support from a Canadian-funded six-year project aimed at enhancing production and facilitating linkages with local and overseas markets.The Canadian plantain support project falls under a regional programme being implemented by the Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF) under the name Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages (PROPEL). PROPEL intends to increase the value of Caribbean…
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The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy: Breaking the cycle of poverty in fishing communities
Social protection exists when governments develop policies and programmes to address economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities to food insecurity and poverty. The Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (CCCFP) is one such policy which Caribbean Countries believe can help to enhance the income, status and capacities of fisherfolk; thus, enabling them to sustainably provide for themselves and their family members. By…
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Farmers and Communities to Benefit from Climate Change Adaptation Project
Soil erosion management, solar power energy and an improved building code are some of the areas to be handled under a Climate Change Adaptation project estimated at more than one million Eastern Caribbean Dollars. This information was shared by Jerome Meade, Montserrat’s Focal Point during the opening session of a one-day workshop to update the island’s policy on Climate Change…
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“AgriKari”. Market place and platform to exchange information on agriculture
Young people are critical to the future of the agriculture sector, the young voice rubric gives a glimpse on what some of the young people contribute to the sector. An interview with Jeanvier Jong Loy, determined young Surinamese developer. Can you tell us about yourself? What inspired you to start the UniCode NV venture? I am Jeanvier Jong Loy. I live…
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Caribbean fisheries ministers ink regional Spiny Lobster Declaration
In a milestone development for the region, Fisheries Ministers recently endorsed a new Declaration on Spiny Lobster—a highly traded marine species in the Caribbean—at the 9th Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), which concluded on Friday, 15 May 2015 in Grenada. The declaration, which is a non-binding roadmap for closer regional collaboration, was signed…
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Road mapping workshops for coconut industry development to continue
The second phase of the Road Mapping workshops for the European Union (EU) funded ‘Coconut Industry development in the Caribbean’ project is set to continue later this month. Project partners the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Geneva based International Trade Centre (ITC) will engage with industry stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Belize and Suriname to formulate road maps for market led…
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Jamaican app to be launched after hackathon on climate-smart agriculture
Called RevoFarm, the app was developed by a team of three young Jamaicans and was one of eight finalists in the contest, jointly organised by CTA, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate hange, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Potato Center (CIP). The hackathon was open to young people from Latin America and the Caribbean and was timed to coincide with the 20th…
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Jamaica to host regional hackathon
JAMAICA will be hosting a regional “hackathon” which aims to employ the use of technology in finding solutions to real-life problems and to enhance growth in critical sectors. A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event where computer programmers and others involved in software and hardware development collaborate intensively on software projects. Making the…
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Consumption of home-grown products being encouraged by FAO
Efforts are ongoing by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to have individuals of the region to see the benefits of consuming their own products. FAO Coordinator for the Caribbean Subregion, Dr. Deep Ford lamented the fact persons prefer to consume imported products rather than opting for those which are home grown. He noted that more…
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High-level meeting of Caribbean fisheries ministers for Grenada
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CRFM) — Fisheries ministers from member states of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) are expected to sign off on the declaration on spiny lobster by way of a resolution, when they convene the ninth meeting of the ministerial council of the CRFM on Friday in St George’s, Grenada. The non-binding declaration establishes a roadmap for closer cooperation…
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