food and nutrition security
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Seventh round of Caribbean Food Security and Livelihoods Survey launched
The seventh round of the Caribbean Food Security and Livelihoods Survey has launched. The survey is is available between 19 March and 2 April 2024, and is open to persons 18 years and older in all CARICOM Member States and Associate Members, as well as in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. It is available in English, French, Dutch and Spanish, and can be accessed at this link: https://arcg.is/LSiPC The…
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What Dominica Needs
Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, has appealed for all to join forces to mobilise to bring relief to Dominicans in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Maria. In an interview on Thursday on ABSTV in Antigua and Barbuda, he said that rebuilding the country will require everyone’s support, particularly the Dominican Diaspora. He underlined…
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Parliamentarians fighting against hunger in Latin America, Caribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean in Barbados, last month hosted parliamentarians from 13CARICOM Member States to address the issues of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition in the region. Member States represented were: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,…
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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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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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Jagdeo Initiative high on COTED agenda
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Jagdeo Initiative is one of the key subjects that will be considered when Ministers of Agriculture gather on Friday for a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture. The Special COTED Meeting is a staple of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) which is being held in…
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FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY TAKES SPOTLIGHT AT GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to advance its food security agenda in the face of high food prices, Member States will join their Latin American counterparts in Georgetown Thursday primarily to further strengthen governance arrangements for food security at the regional and global levels. The Community, regional organizations and civil society will participate…
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WE MUST FACE HEAD ON, THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURITY – AMBASSADOR IRWIN LA ROCQUE, CARICOM ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary-General Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has emphasised the urgency for action on food and nutrition security in the Region. Delivering remarks at the Workshop for the Formulation of a Regional Policy and Food Nutrition Security in the Caribbean on Monday November 30, 2009, in…
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STOP TALKING AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY – FAO REPRESENTATIVE IN GUYANA TELLS AGRICULTURE SPECIALISTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul, Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA) of the United Nations in Guyana, on Monday charged specialists in the agriculture and trade arena to take affirmative action for food and nutrition security in the Region. She was addressing delegates at the Workshop for the Formulation of a Regional Food…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP “FORMULATION OF A REGIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN” , 30 NOVEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Honorable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana Dr Lystra Fletcher-Paul, Food and Agriculture Organization Representative to Guyana Representatives of International and Regional Organizations and Institutions Representatives of CARICOM Member States and Associate Members Representatives from the Dominican Republic Private Sector Representatives; Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning and welcome. On behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean…
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