Making From “Black Gold to Green Fields” a Reality

In an April 2023 article by Terrence Blackman and Carolyn Walcott, “From Black Gold to Green Fields: The Promise of Guyana’s Oil Wealth in Supporting Agriculture”, the authors emphasized Guyana’s significant oil and as revenues with a projected extraction rate of 1.7 million barrels of oil per day by 2030 and how that could translate…

ByAdminOctober 21, 20240Comments

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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

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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

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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

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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, 20240Comments

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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, 20240Comments

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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

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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