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Jan 2025

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…

09

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.

03

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…

07

Aug 2025

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. However, mangroves also provide a wide range…

07

Aug 2025

Agriculture

A Leafy Success: FAO plays a vital role in transforming the vegetable value chain in Saint Kitts and Nevis Farmers reaping more yields of lettuce from the use of adapted technologies and practices for protected structures

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is playing a pivotal role in the transition of vegetable farming in Saint Kitts and Nevis from traditional open-field methods…

04

Aug 2025

Agriculture

Using Science and Innovation to Improve Caribbean Agri Food Systems

Over the next five years, there will also be a renewed focus on resource mobilization, communication, and knowledge management, human capacity development and the adoption of information and communication technology.…

03

Jul 2025

Learning

Agricultural technicians trained in drone piloting in Santiago

A course on drone piloting, aimed at technicians from the Northeast, Northcentral, Northwest, and North regions, was taught by the Ministry of Agriculture in this city in Cibao. The training…

03

Jul 2025

Agriculture

Agriculture introduces new fruit trees: Minister Limber says they seek to expand and diversify crops

With the goal of diversifying and expanding national fruit production and promoting innovation in crops adapted to high-altitude areas, the Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, formalized the start of planting…

03

Jul 2025

Learning

Sea moss cultivation in the Caribbean

This manual provides a comprehensive guide on best practices for sea moss cultivation in the Caribbean, emphasizing its economic potential and role in supporting rural and coastal communities. Sea moss…

03

Jul 2025

Agriculture

FAO trains stakeholders to boost crop yields with digital sensor technology

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Mining, conducted a training to equip stakeholders with practical skills in…

21

Jun 2025

Agriculture Learning

Stakeholders push for youth engagement as farming population grows older.

21

Jun 2025

Agriculture

FAO completes training on soil scanners to boost Antigua and Barbuda’s agricultural out-put

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently donated two portable high-tech soil scanners and access to the software license to the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, and…

21

Jun 2025

Agriculture

Caribbean farmers’ organizations present success stories, strengthen global ties, and call for investment in sustainable agriculture

Over 80 representatives from farmers’ organizations, public institutions, development partners, and academia gathered in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to mark the closing of the Caribbean component of the Farmers’ Organizations for…

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