agriculture
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Ministry of Agriculture to Set Up Plant Health Clinics
KINGSTON, March 26, 2015 – The Ministry of Agriculture is to establish several plant health clinics islandwide as the Government ramps up efforts to address the issue of pests and diseases affecting crops. The initiative comes under the newly launched “Plantwise” programme, which is being co-ordinated by the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI). Twenty plant doctors are to be trained…
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Caribbean community climate-smarting fisheries, but slowly
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 18, 2015, IPS – Caribbean nations have begun work on a plan to ‘climate smart’ the region’s fisheries as part of overall efforts to secure food supplies. The concept is in keeping with plans by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) to improve the “integration of agriculture and climate readiness” as the region prepares to…
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Sweet Potato a potential crop for future climate in the Caribbean
A case study presented recently by Jamaican, Applied Climate Researcher to the 2nd Caribbean Weather Information Generator (CARIWIG) Workshop in Barbados has identified sweet potato as a potential climate change adaptation crop. The CARIWIG project, which is funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), is supporting risk-based decision-making in the Region. The project provides locally relevant information on…
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FAO promoting cassava root as a food crop in Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 15, 2015—The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean is intensifying its promotion of the cassava root as a food crop in the region. The FAO is using opportunities such as the recent Barbados Agrofest to dispel myths associated with the cassava, and to promote its wide-ranging health benefits and diversity in food use. Cassava,…
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Cultivating a Caribbean Specialty
The production of cacao is globally concentrated in the regions between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator, namely Central and South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. The Caribbean is held in high regard as a cacao-producing region because it yields a fine, aromatic bean. In fact, fine flavoured cacao accounts for only 5% of the world production…
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CARICOM Agriculture Ministers tour cutting-edge Bahamian agri-project
Llonella Gilbert Bahamas Information Services NORTH ANDROS, The Bahamas — Ministers of Agriculture of the Caribbean Community toured the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute just prior to CARICOM’s opening of the 26th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean in Nassau, February 26-27. The Bahamas Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government the…
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FAO aligns work to assist Regional Agri Plans
The United Nations Food& Agriculture Organization is aligning its global, regional, sub-regional and national work processes to cohesively assist the development strategies of Caribbean countries, the Director General of FAO Dr. José Graziano da Silva said during the opening of the Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture with the Director General. “This helps ensure that our efforts are coherent, add…
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Agriculture Minister Expects Growth To Continue
KINGSTON (JIS) — Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is expecting the agricultural sector to continue its recovery during this quarter. The Minister said that since 2012, the sector has experienced both “highs and lows,” beginning the recovery in 2013, which continued into the first two quarters of last year, with growth rates of 18 and…
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Two Caribbean countries to benefit from fisheries project
(PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries stand to benefit from a project to establish ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management in the Guianas-Brazil Shelf. The project is a joint investment by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The pilot project will be carried out as a collaboration…
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FAO presents plan for eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean
Fight against hunger and poverty on the table at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit 27 January 2015, San José, Costa Rica – Today FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva presented a new regional Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication by 2025 during a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)…
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