ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MAY 12, 2021- Grenada is among four Caribbean countries that will be scaling up innovative protected cultivation systems to enhance the quality of vegetable products. These benefits will be derived from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Innovative Protective Cultivation Systems Project which is being implemented by the Ministry of […]
Grenadians interested in farming or agriculture-based ventures are being given an opportunity to lease agricultural land from the Government of Grenada. The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Forestry, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Grenada Investment Development Corporation (GIDC) and the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Programme (SAEP), is launching a Call […]
New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis. (Santiago, Chile, June 16, 2020) As a result of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the population living in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean could reach 83.4 million people in 2020, which would entail a […]
September 25, 2018 (Bridgetown, Barbados) – Marine experts will meet in Barbados this week for the Third Meeting of the joint Regional Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU). During the meeting they will discuss how countries in the Western Central Atlantic, which includes the Caribbean region, can improve sustainable use of marine […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UN partner agencies (IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO) have just published the 2018 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World. For the third year in a row, there has been a rise in world hunger. The absolute number of undernourished people […]
We all do it. Most of us throw away perfectly good food, almost every day of our lives. A banana gets slightly bruised in the fridge, we simply chuck it. Yesterday’s leftovers? Many times they go straight to the rubbish bin. In a world of plenty, these acts can be undertaken unconsciously and seem trivial. […]
Recent FAO training focuses on understanding and applying food systems thinking to tackle the interrelated issues of poverty and food security and nutrition November 30, 2017 (Bridgetown, Barbados) — In the last few years, integrated and holistic ways to address food-related challenges such as reducing food waste and loss, improving farmer livelihoods, expanding access to […]
Restoration of Immediate Food Production Needed for Dominica’s Rural Population as Country Tries to Recover After the Impact of Hurricane Maria 26 October 2017, Bridgetown, Barbados: Dominica’s food production requires immediate restoration as a result of widespread devastation to agriculture and fisheries caused by Hurricane Maria last month. The country suffered the most damage from […]
Caribbean shark fisheries experts work towards development of regional plan of action for the conservation and management of sharks and rays October 23, 2017, Bridgetown, Barbados: Shark and ray fisheries and conservation experts, as well as fisheries officers, from 15 Caribbean countries met here last week to discuss the status of the shark and ray […]
