agriculture
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Sharp Focus On Transportation, Agri-tourism Linkages At Special COTED On Agriculture
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture wrapped up a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Friday, recording movement on the linkages between agriculture and tourism and agreeing on the need for intensified action to address the transport of goods within the Region. The Special COTED Meeting on Agriculture was…
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USE ICTS TO PUSH AGRICULTURE – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is encouraging stakeholders in the agriculture to make full use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to promote and drive competitiveness and interest in the sector. Throwing out a challenge for those involved in the sector to come up with a measurable plan of action aimed…
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RENEWED EMPHASIS MUST BE PLACED ON AGRICULTURE – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The soaring food prices were a continuing reminder that the Region had no choice but to pay increasing attention to food and nutrition security and cost-efficient sustainable agricultural production, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Wednesday. Delivering remarks at the formal opening ceremony of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK OF AGRICULTURE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, 17 OCTOBER 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed a pleasure for me to address the opening of the 11th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, here in the beautiful country of Antigua and Barbuda whose government graciously consented to be the host for this week of activities. Since 1998, the CWA has become the signature event for the Region’s agriculture since…
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YOUTH INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURE BUT NEED INTEGRATED SUPPORT PACKAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are interested and involved in the agriculture sector, but need, land, finance, mentorship, and greater involvement in policy-making. This emerged as the consensus among youth across the Region on Monday as they began three days of interaction under the umbrella of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)…
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‘WE CAN FEED OURSELVES’- AGRICULTURE MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “We can feed ourselves… if we manage the earth that God has given to us. We can feed ourselves and help some of the other countries with the excess and bring food cost down, bring the price down low because of mass production”, declared the Honourable Hilson Baptiste, Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and…
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AGRICULTURE TAKES CENTRE-STAGE IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Antigua and Barbuda will be a hive of activity next week as stakeholders in agriculture converge there for the eleventh Caribbean Week of Agriculture. The week of activities – 12-20 October, 2012, will be officially opened on Wednesday 17 October, 2012. This year, the Region’s premier agriculture event is being convened under the theme…
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Caribbean specialists call for more collaboration in plant health
he Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum emerged out of the need for a regional mechanism for sharing of information, collaborating, guiding policies, and addressing relevant plant health issues of importance to the Region. The meetings are planned and convened by several agencies and organizations including the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (USDA-APHIS), the…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY–GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 10TH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE 12 OCTOBER, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I feel particularly honoured to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver these remarks at the Tenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture in the Nature Island. This occasion has special meaning for me, as I address you today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in my native land. It was…
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