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Farmers welcome CWA focus
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Farmers in the Region on Monday welcomed the attention being placed on family farming, but cautioned against the absence of women and youth, shifting goalposts and ignoring cultural elements in the development of policy for the sub-sector. The advice was provided from the floor at a seminar titled `Caribbean Agricultural Transformation: the Role of…
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Political will needed to unlock CARICOM’s free trade in food
Caribbean ministers of agriculture will Friday make another push to break down artificial non-tariff trade barriers but an expert at the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) says progress will depend largely on political will. “It’s political will! Really and truly it comes back down to the political will and for countries, for Heads of Government to understand…
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CWA preparations well advanced
Preparations for hosting the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 6-12 October, 2014, in Paramaribo, Suriname, are well advanced, according to organisers of the event. Suriname, on 15 August, launched the 13th edition of the CWA with the introduction of the event’s logo as well as the logo for Suriname’s Agro Food Event 2014 (SAFE), an exhibition and trade fair that…
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CWA 2013 explores… Moving the regional coconut industry forward
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The vast potential of coconut industry in the Caribbean came under the microscope as the activities of the 12th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) continued at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) in Georgetown. The CWA is being held under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security…
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Women in agriculture: the new sexy in developmental circles – Minister Webster
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The contribution of women to agriculture and agribusiness, and by extension, to national and regional development was hailed on Tuesday as a Women’s Forum got underway at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 in Georgetown, Guyana. The one-day forum, part of a series of activities of the 12th CWA provided a unique opportunity…
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