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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 environmental changes include rising sea levels, more intense hurricane seasons, and extended dry seasons resulting in reduced wet seasons. These effects directly impact Caribbean economies,…
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 of use, where farmers can create an account and list their available local produce, as well as by products (e.g., honey, eggs). In turn, buyers…
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 Agriculture and Rural Development Project (CBARDP), this new initiative aims to tackle ongoing challenges such as poverty, food insecurity, and increased vulnerability caused by political…
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. Nonetheless, BMCs continue to face significant socio-economic and climate challenges. These include low and variable economic growth; unsustainable debt and weak fiscal management; high unemployment;…
According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the region hosts 28% of global animal production and is responsible for producing 23% of the world’s beef and 21% of its poultry. However, the livestock sector faces complex additional challenges, including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and the effects of the…
Jamaica has unveiled a groundbreaking development with the opening of The Nest, an eco-industrial park housing the largest poultry-processing facility in the Caribbean. This JMD 15 billion (US $94.9 million) investment by CB Group, one of Jamaica’s leading agribusinesses, marks the single largest investment in the country’s agricultural sector and signals a transformative shift for…
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 a Symposium marking the closing process of a climate action project. This project, to strengthen coastal and marine ecosystem climate resilience using EbA and nature-based…