agriculture

April 29, 2015
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EU funding project to develop coconut industry in the C’bean

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The European Union is financing a project aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of small-scale coconut farmers by identifying market opportunities, creating synergies between national and regional programmes and improving access to advisory services for improved production. The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in partnership with the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC) and the…
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April 17, 2015
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Agriculture Project Sowing Seeds Of Youth Development

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16, 2015 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts-Nevis Agricultural Youth Forum (SKNAYF) is making a push to spread greenhouse technology to farmers and provide them with opportunities to develop new leadership skills so as to make them more productive citizens. The group opened its two-day conference on Crime, Greenhouse Technology and Leadership at the UWI Conference Room on Thursday…
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April 16, 2015
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23rd Agricultural Open Day Promises Food, Education And Fun

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16 2015 (SKNIS): Planners at the Department of Agriculture are busy making preparations for the 23rd annual Agricultural Open Day scheduled for Thursday April 30 and Friday May 01 at the department grounds in La Guarite. The theme of this year’s event is “Embracing Agriculture and its Partners” and is reflective of the vision for…
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April 13, 2015
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Guyana rolls out EU-funded Agriculture Policy Programme-youth, women, small farmers among beneficiaries

As part of component three of the Agriculture Policy Programme (AAP), which aims to develop enterprises, through improved market linkages, the Ministry of Agriculture, in partnership with The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), hosted a cassava and small ruminant validation seminar, today. This event which was held at the Regency hotel, Hadfield Street, targeted farmers from across the country,…
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April 10, 2015
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UWI Faculty of Food and Agriculture hosts International Breadfruit Conference

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago – It was British and French explorers who brought the breadfruit tree from the South Pacific to the Caribbean during the late 18th Century. As one of the highest-yielding food plants, with a single tree producing up to 200 or more 4 to 5 pound, nutritious fruits per season, experts consider it ideal for commercialisation.…
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April 9, 2015
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Agricultural techs get training in Mexico

Agriculture technicians from the twin island state will once again be afforded the opportunity to further expand their knowledge in the field through specialised training provided by the government of Mexico. Kishma Primus Almond of the Plant Protection Unit and Mario Beazer, of Barbuda, will leave the island next week to participate in a programme to provide training for Caribbean…
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April 2, 2015
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Strengthen cooperation, unity in fisheries sector – Grenada agriculture official

A senior Grenada Government official has called for the strengthening of cooperation and unity in the Caribbean Region to develop, manage and utilise marine resources in a sustainable manner. At the opening of the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in St. George’s, Grenada on 1 April, Senator Simon Steele, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry,…
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March 30, 2015
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Caribbean Fisheries Forum to review regional spiny lobster declaration

Heads of national fisheries authorities from the seventeen (17) Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), as well as observers and partner agencies, on Monday began participating in the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in Grenada. The two-day meeting is being held at the Flamboyant Hotel in St. George’s. The representatives will review the status of fisheries and aquaculture…
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March 30, 2015
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Transforming Caribbean Cocoa

By the Caribbean Journal staff The University of the West Indies’ Cocoa Research Centre has embarked on a major new project: to transform the region’s cocoa sector. The new project, dubbed the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre, is the brainchild of the Cocoa Research Centre and its partners, funded by a $2.17 million grant from the European Union. It’s all…
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March 27, 2015
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Caribbean Export Awards €700,000 to Agri-business and Handicraft Firms in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has awarded €700,000 to 31 firms and Business Support Organizations (BSOs) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic via the Binational Grants Programme, as part of the Haiti/Dominican Republic Binational Programme, Commerce Component, funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The announcement was made at the launch and reimbursement workshops…
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