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 weather and long-term changes in growing conditions around the globe threaten livelihoods, food and nutrition security, and ecological stability, with impacts falling most severely on women, youth, and vulnerable groups. One estimate…

ByAdminOctober 21, 20240Comments

Livestock

Agriculture Sector Policy & Strategy Paper

This Agriculture Sector Policy and Strategy 2020 (ASPS 2020) seeks to put agriculture back on the forefront of CDB’s development agenda. It aims to guide and contribute to the transformation of BMCs agri-food system, making it more competitive, inclusive and sustainable. In this context, the immediate objectives of the ASPS are the development of: a…

ByAdminOctober 10, 20240Comments

Livestock

CARICOM Policy on Trade In Animals and Animal Products

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is made up of 15 Member States (MS) and 5 Associate Member States located in the English, Dutch and French - speaking Caribbean region, with a total population of approximately 16.6 million people. The livestock industry in some CARICOM countries is large enough to generate surpluses for export. Poultry (meat and…

ByAdminOctober 10, 20240Comments

Agriculture Learning

Agricultural development and employment in the Caribbean:challenges and future prospects

This Report deals with the issue of agricultural development and employment in the Caribbean. In particular, this Report will attempt to assess whether, in the future, the agricultural sector can be expected to assist in increasing employment or reducing unemployment in the Caribbean. While this study will be relevant to the wider Caribbean, this Report…

ByAdminOctober 10, 20240Comments

Horticulture

Introduction of New Coconut Germplasm Tissue Culture-derived Plantlets: The Case of Saint Lucia

The international competitiveness of coconut farmers rests on the quantum of fruit juice produced per unit area, per unit time and on the cost of production. In order to compete on the beverage market of which St Lucia is a part, coconut germplasm was imported to increase farmers’ productivity. The country imported approximately 9,100 coconut…

ByAdminOctober 9, 20240Comments

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.

ByAdminOctober 9, 20240Comments

Horticulture

CARDI Urges Greater Use of Technology in Coconut Industry

Photo: Twila Wheelan Executive Director for the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Ansari Hosein. The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) is calling for greater use of technology by stakeholders within the coconut industry. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, Executive Director for CARDI, Ansari Hosein, said the application of…

ByAdminOctober 9, 20244Comments

Horticulture

Joy and concern in the avocado market

The DR should continue taking advantage of the avocado market but with responsible crop management not to pay Mexico’s ecological price.

ByAdminOctober 9, 20242Comments

Horticulture

Global Gateway: EU launches regional food security programme for the Caribbean to boost agriculture and fisheries sectors

© Shutterstock The European Union alongside Secretary General of CARICOM (Caribbean Community), Carla Barnett, Honourable Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, Zulfikar Mustapha and Assistant Secretary-General of CARICOM Joseph Cox launched the regional food security programme for the Caribbean. Under Global Gateway, the EU’s positive offer to build trusted and sustainable connections with partner countries, this…

ByAdminOctober 9, 20240Comments

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 bringing in, in collaboration with the World Vegetable Centre, we are looking at bringing in varieties that are heat-resistant,” CARDI’s representative in Saint Lucia, Andre…

ByAdminOctober 3, 20240Comments

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