food security

  • July 10, 2007
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    STRIDES MADE BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN IN CARIBBEAN FOOD SECURITY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) While the Caribbean has made some strides in addressing the issue of food security, much work needs to be done to meet some pressing challenges that continue to face the Caribbean in this critical area of development. This was underscored by ambassador Irwin Larocque, CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General for Regional Trade and Economic Integration…

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  • January 12, 2005
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    CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES FOCUS ON FOOD SECURITY IN MAURITIUS

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday (January 12) co-sponsored a forum on agriculture, food production and food security in the Caribbean and Pacific regions as a partnership event at the international meeting on small island developing states (SIDS) in Mauritius.…

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  • March 31, 2003
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    CARICOM/CARIFORUM, GOVERNMENT OF ITALY AND FAO SIGN FOOD SECURITY PROJECT

    The Caribbean Community/CARIFORUM, the Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed a US$5 million Food Security Project in Milan on 21 March 2003. The Project is Italy's response to a US$26.2 million programme submitted by CARICOM/CARIFORUM to a Meeting on Food Security at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC in November last year. Food…

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  • November 25, 1999
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    CARICOM APPLAUDS FAO INITIATIVE “TELEFOOD ‘99” IN JAMAICA

    Jamaica will host, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Third Annual Telefood Concert on November 28, 1999. This unique event, born out of the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, is to mobilise solidarity for the fight against hunger and raise funds to support grassroots projects in developing countries. It is being staged for the first time in…

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  • April 15, 1999
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    CARICOM TEAM TOURS CHILE FOOD INDUSTRIES

    A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat representative is a among a 19-member party of officials from the private and public sectors in Member States and technical support agencies who are making a study tour of Chile's agribusiness sector, during this week. The eight-day mission will focus attention on the productivity of both fresh and processed fruit and vegetables so that the…

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