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Farmers successfully complete White Potato Farmers Field School
Photo courtesy: WUSC Caribbean (Facebook) On 29th May, 2024, 18 farmers from the Eastern Agricultural District successfully graduated from the White Potato Production...
Regional symposium on the control and management of the South American Palm Weevil shares experiences from the Latin America and Caribbean countries
On 17 April, 2024 the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) hosted a Regional Symposium on Red Ring Disease and South American...
Advancing agricultural trade reforms: Latin American contributions to the multilateral trading system
Multilateral trade negotiations over agriculture present a complex set of challenges: Finding a balance between the diverse interests and positions of the 164...
Farming communities to benefit from the services of bird wailers in Tobago
On 12 March 2024, the Pilot Project, āDemonstration of a solar powered wailer bird deterrent system to reduce crop losses caused by Parrots...
White potato fertilizer trial gets underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines
St Vincent and the Grenadines is targeting to produce 5 million EC dollarsā worth of white potato annually for local consumption under their...
Biochemical analyses for sweet potato varieties set to commence
Nineteen boxes of sweet potatoes have been harvested from research plots established in agro ecological zones in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)...
Coordinating management of cadmium levels in cocoa in Latin America and the Caribbean
This project application is the result of an STDF-funded project preparation grant implemented by the International Cocoa Organization from March 17 to December...
AIM4C Summit: Innovation for integrating and mainstreaming agriculture in climate action
The agrifood system contributes significantly to climate change, producing over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, climate-driven extreme...
Making From āBlack Gold to Green Fieldsā a Reality
In an April 2023 article by Terrence Blackman and Carolyn Walcott, āFrom Black Gold to Green Fields: The Promise of Guyanaās Oil Wealth...
Schools among the recipients of climate smart agricultural food production systems in Barbados
Climate/weather smart agricultural food production systems are being installed in 6 schools and 1 community in Barbados under the āPromotion of Agricultural Crop...
