agriculture
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Antibiotics resistance – a growing concern for CARICOM
Community Institutions issue Joint Statement The CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) and the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) have expressed concern about the new global threat of antibiotics resistance. In a Joint Statement issued on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day to be observed on 15 March 2016, the CARICOM institutions explained the associated challenges and dangers…
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Dominica develops Draft National Agriculture Policy, Action Plan
The CARICOM Secretariat, under the Agriculture Policy Programme (APP), is financing the development of a Policy and Action Plan for the Commonwealth of Dominica’s agriculture sector. This process, which is being led by the Ministry of Agriculture of Dominica and an APP-supported local consultant, has, to date, developed a first draft document which will be the subject of validation meetings…
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Agricultural Sector Is A Vital Economic Pillar Of St. Kitts And Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 01, 2016 (SKNIS): The Agricultural Sector in the Federation is vital for sustained economic growth, stated Jeanelle Kelly, Quarantine Officer at the Department of Agriculture, during a recent address to agricultural stakeholders. Ms. Kelly noted that agriculture will be transformed. “By 2016, agriculture will be innovative, resilient and sustainable, supporting food and nutrition security,…
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Grenadian youth exposed to possibilities in Agribusiness
A group of youngsters from Grenada were recently involved in Youth in Agriculture Business Forum hosted by the Forum of the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Caribbean Community CARICOM. Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Ms. Yldiz…
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MOU boosts regional sustainable fisheries coordination
Three Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs) on Wednesday 27 January signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to facilitate, support and strengthen the coordination of actions to increase the sustainability of fisheries. The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM); the Organisation of the Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector (OSPESCA); and the FAO- Western Central Atlantic…
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Local ruminants: Reducing reliance on imports
Although the 15 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries consume over 11 million kg of goat and sheep meat annually, only about 30% is produced locally. Sustainable breeding techniques, strengthening value chains and appropriate livestock policies are all necessary to increase the Caribbean ruminant sector. By 2050, CARICOM’s population will reach 22 million, which will undoubtedly impact food…
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Developing climate smart agriculture in Grenada
ST.GEORGE’S GRENADA JANUARY 15, 2016- GIS: Government is partnering with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and people in action to establish self-sufficient communities through Permaculture, or the use of modern science for sustainability. John Stollmeyer Director of Caribbean Permaculture Consultants told GIS the idea is to get communities to be creative with ideas for production that are inexpensive to start, but…
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Caribbean’s ocean governance capacity to be boosted
Belize City, Belize, 29 December 2015 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)have signed a new five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend their longstanding cooperation towards building the capacity of Caribbean fisheries and marine resource management professionals in ocean governance. The partnership between the CRFM and IOI started in 2004 and it has provided nearly 40 Caribbean…
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Jamaica to host regional workshop on cassava
Technical officers from five Caribbean countries have ended a weeklong workshop aimed at learning about new ways of adding value to cassava production and modern technologies for processing the vegetable, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has announced. The workshop was the second of three events scheduled for 2015 to strengthen alliances and share knowledge among countries. The last…
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Caribbean specialists acquire new expertise for adding value to cassava
A meeting supported by IICA, the European Union, and Colombia’s Presidential Agency for International Cooperation enabled specialists engaged in promoting the crop to learn about new forms of marketing that could boost markets for the product. na, Grenada, and Barbados, while the Latin American nations taking part were Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Officials from Colombia’s…
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