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Today Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Caribbean rum producers have been challenged to fully exploit the potential of the regional tourism industry to build their brands. St. Lucia’s Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the Caribbean …
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Bajan Reporter • May 15th, 2019 • 0 comments 
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CARICOM Trade Ministers meeting in Guyana this week, on the 29th April, approved a range of recommendations aimed at positioning the region’s rum industry to better take advantage of the global …
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Bajan Reporter • May 4th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Armed with hoes, rakes, forks, shovels and paint brushes, the Senior Leadership Team from CIBC FirstCaribbean recently disembarked special charter buses at the St Elizabeth Primary School in St. Josep…
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Bajan Reporter • April 22nd, 2019 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Education )
Bus transportation will be available after the second town hall meeting to discuss the ban of petro-based plastics for Wednesday 24th April at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Mi…
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Bajan Reporter • April 20th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Photo Gallery )
A group of passionate civil society champions for organic farming, have come together to improve the development of this niche through new methodologies. After months of planning, the Caribbean Youth …
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Bajan Reporter • January 7th, 2019 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Helping Caribbean aquaponics farmers to learn and use efficient business practices that can increase their market access and support more sustainable food production in the region is the focus of an u…
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Bajan Reporter • December 10th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
A group of restaurateurs on the South Coast have come together to promote eating out among locals and visitors alike, offering patrons special deals and the chance win amazing prizes, including a crui…
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Bajan Reporter • December 6th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Over 120 persons converged on Jamaica from October 15th – 19th, 2018 for the Ethanol Technology Institute’s {educational arm of Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (LBDS)} ‘Th…
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Bajan Reporter • November 7th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Barbados should soon be receiving technical assistance from Argentina in developing programmes to enhance the agriculture sector. This was disclosed recently, during a courtesy call between Minister o…
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Bajan Reporter • October 9th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security will host the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, from Monday, October 8, to Friday, October 12, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC). During the week,…
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Bajan Reporter • October 4th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
An agribusiness project being undertaken at primary and secondary schools in Barbados has gained added impetus and is ready for expansion within the Caribbean starting with a primary school in St. Kit…
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Bajan Reporter • October 1st, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has identified agriculture and health care as areas in which she would like Barbados to “do some serious work” with New Zealand. Prime Minister Mottley expr…
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Bajan Reporter • July 23rd, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Featured )
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a workshop to assist fisheries in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) improve their adaptation to climate change and …
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Bajan Reporter • July 22nd, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Regional rum producers, members of the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers Association, WIRSPA, completed a round of meetings in Trinidad last week. As the region’s largest agro-based export p…
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Bajan Reporter • July 9th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has advised that while a voluntary recall was recently issued by Hanschell Inniss on Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal, this as the United Stat…
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Bajan Reporter • June 18th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Breaking News, Featured )
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Barbados and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will be hosting and participating in a meeting of regional agricultural…
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AirBourne • June 10th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
After 2 decades of being in operation, popular Trinbagonian food establishment “The Original BAR-B-QUE HUT” is still going strong in delivering its beloved brand of ‘Halal-friendly&#…
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Bajan Reporter • April 16th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Travel )
Fifty-two Jamaican banana and plantain farmers have achieved Global G.A.P. (Good Agricultural Practices) Certification, following a series of capacity building training along with local and internatio…
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Bajan Reporter • January 8th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
Restoring irrigation systems and road access to farming areas in Dominica are disaster response priorities that are vital to reestablishing the country’s food production destroyed by Hurricane M…
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Bajan Reporter • December 18th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
A JUST CONCLUDED COMPETITION BY ONE OF THE ISLAND’S OLDEST RESTAURANTS, SHOWS UNDER-30 BAJANS EAGER TO LEARN OF THEIR HISTORY… For the month of November, popular eatery Chicken Barn celebr…
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AirBourne • December 13th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Breaking News, Featured )
In a commitment to agricultural safety, food security, environmental and human health, eleven Caribbean countries are now free from significant quantities of hazardous pesticide waste, as well as thei…
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Bajan Reporter • November 18th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
The Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organizations (BARNUFO) just sent six local fishing boats, fuelled by the Food and Agricultural Organization and manned by local fishermen, with hundreds of b…
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Bajan Reporter • October 29th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Featured )
“The best time to plant a tree was 15 years ago; the second best time is now,” observed Gabriel Abed. Fifteen years since his graduation from QC, Abed is today the Co-Founder of Bitt Inc a…
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Bajan Reporter • October 24th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Breaking News, Featured )
Can you eat only foods grown, caught, or raised in Barbados for one week? Slow Food Barbados is challenging Barbadians to eat 100% local between September 4th – 10th, to raise awareness of the n…
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Bajan Reporter • September 1st, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture, Photo Gallery )
The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation are launching an investment guide for the sweet potato sector in the Caribbean. The guide hig…
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Bajan Reporter • July 25th, 2017 • 0 comments ( Agriculture )
