ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MAY 5, 2023- Grenada has resumed the exportation of fresh mangoes to the United States, following the lifting of an almost twenty-year ban imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The first commercial shipment comprised three varieties of mangoes – Julie, Ceylon and […]
By Mario Lubetkin There is no doubt that water is a fundamental resource for everyone. It is essential for health, energy, food production, the development of healthy ecosystems, climate adaptation, and the reduction of poverty and inequalities. Water is central to sustainable development. Despite its obvious relevance, we are facing a global water crisis and […]
The Government of St Lucia and FAO are working together to improve coconut production starting with a training of the country’s coconut farmers and other stakeholders March 23, 2023 – Castries, St Lucia – In St Lucia, like most other Caribbean countries, the coconut culture runs deep. From coconut water to coconut milk and coconut […]
Caribbean foresters and resource managers share good examples from St Lucia’s Mankòtè Mangrove to educate on mangrove management good practices. February 22, 2023 – Bridgetown, Barbados – Mangroves are in decline globally, with mangrove forest cover decreasing by over 1 million hectares worldwide in the past two decades. But in the Caribbean things are different: […]
Stakeholders from all three countries are working to upgrade their dasheen value chains to increase production and access to local, regional, and extra-regional markets. February 20, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – Dasheen was the focus of weeklong discussions among some 50 stakeholders including farmers, exporters, government representatives and regional partner Caribbean Agricultural Research and […]
FAO is working with partners and stakeholders to roll out a project aimed at rearing insects as a locally produced alternative feed source for animals in the Caribbean February 9, 2023, Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of […]
The Government of Grenada seeks to expand and diversify its list of commodities available for export and reduce its importation of some locally grown produce February 8, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – Grenada has a long, lucrative history on regional and global markets through its trade of locally-grown spices, which have led the country to […]
December 29, 2022, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A multimillion dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The bank’s board of directors approved the loan to the Government of Belize for the Resilient Rural Belize Programme (B-Resilient) project at […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 7 December 2022): Cuba has accepted an offer from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to join the Community’s Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture. Both sides also agreed to observe October 6 as CARICOM Cuba Day Against Terrorism. These were among the major outcomes of the 8th CARICOM-Cuba Summit […]
