Reach Within – a Grenadian charity that supports at-risk children- has broken ground on the Food Security for Trauma Healing Project, building the capacity of wards of the state in agriculture while also meeting their personal nutritional needs and the nutritional needs of the wider community. The initiative, valued at some US $11,000 is funded […]
The Seventh Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Agriculture was held at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, on Friday, June 30, 2023, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Roland Royer, Minister for Blue and Green Economy, Agriculture and Food Security, Commonwealth of Dominica. At the opening ceremony, Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean […]
June 16, 2022, PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands – Food security, energy security and health security are among the key building blocks needed to overcome the current global challenges which threaten to stymie development on both the African continent and in the Caribbean region. President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, shared […]
May 23, 2022, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – On the heels of a regional discussion in Guyana on food security and CARICOM’s commitment to reduce member states’ food import bill by 25% in 2025, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has assembled a team of experts and stakeholders to examine strategies for transforming the agri-food sector, with an […]
Today, we are reminded that we are tremendously off track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. New, tragic data informs us that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – as many as 161 million more than in 2019. High costs, coupled with persistently high levels of […]
Ministry of Agriculture & Lands – August 05, 2020 –Recognizing the far-reaching implications of the Coronavirus on the Agricultural Sector, an increased allocation has been made for the 2020 Farm Labour Subsidy Programme. The Programme is part of the Grenada Government’s Economic Stimulus Package for the Agriculture Sector, which aims to minimize the impact of […]
Ministry of Agriculture & Lands – July 20, 2020 – With Plant Distribution Season open for the year 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture has renewed anticipation towards the enhancement of food security on the island, as thousands of plants being available to farmers for purchase, is an indication of the Ministry’s thrust towards a sustainable […]
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will launch, in the upcoming days, a series of virtual seminars during which experts from the agrifood sector will discuss the approaches to agriculture in light of the COVID-19 health crisis. This is a discussion forum on the challenges presented by the pandemic in the short and […]
Thirteen Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture met with IICA’s Director General via videoconference, in which they discussed excessive food import dependence, devastation of the tourism industry and the closure of borders – all of which are challenges facing the region amidst the pandemic. San Jose, 20 April 2020 (IICA). Thirteen Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture participated in a […]
