CAKP

Mainstreaming island climate resilience – It’s about people: their perspectives, preparedness and practices

From 3rd to 5th July, a group from Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago met to exchange experiences, learn lessons and discuss ‘what next’ in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at…

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Oct 2024

Horticulture

Mangrove Ecosystem Services in Tobago: Challenges, Uses and Future Prospects

Mangroves in Tobago face challenges from anthropogenic disturbances such as pollution, fragmentation and cover loss through conversion to alternative uses for economic development.

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Oct 2024

Horticulture

CARDI Looking To Bring Heat-Resistant Crops To Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is getting help from the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) to reposition agriculture to cope with the impacts of climate change. “We are now looking at…

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Agriculture

Revamping hot pepper production in St Vincent and the Grenadines

Over the past months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour have been working closely…

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FAO training to enhance harvest and post-harvest methods in support of Dominica’s production of high-value food crops

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held its first post-harvest technology and collaborative training session of the year with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and…

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Agriculture Learning

Caribbean Solutions to Combatting Climate Change

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Agriculture Learning

The Caribbean Climate Hub’s Climate Adaptation Guides for Tropical Agriculture and Forestry

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Learning

An Introduction to the USDA’s Climate Hub Network – Session 1

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Agriculture

The Japan-Caribbean ConnectionThe Transfer of Agrotechnology from Japan to the Caribbean

The Caribbean region is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, and the region has already begun to experience the devastating consequences of a warming world. Some of these…

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Caribbean Chemicals Launches Website Linking Farmers Directly With Buyers

Linking Farmers from Caribbean Chemicals is a free online networking hub, where farmers and buyers can link directly to buy and sell 100% local produce. This free website allows ease…

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CDB Approves USD 7 Million Grant for Agricultural Initiative in Haiti’s Northwest

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a USD 7 million grant to launch a transformative agricultural project in Haiti’s Northwest Department (NWD). Building on the successes of the Community-Based…

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Agriculture

Study on the State ofAgriculture in the Caribbean

The majority of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have achieved key development milestones in the post-independence era, including relatively high human development indices and middle-income status.…

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