The operators of over 30 Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) involved in the food service industry in Montserrat are being provided with food handling and preparation training by the Car…
Farmers in Barbados should soon have more protection when the Praedial Larceny Bill is passed in Parliament. Dr. Estwick said that the current legislation did not offer famers much protection as it re…
“Agriculture in Barbados is not dead, but it is alive and kicking.” This is the view of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management, E…
Small ruminants have been identified by CARICOM Member States as important for the maintenance of acceptable levels of food and nutrition security. CARDI serves as the lead in developing this commodit…
The Tobago Agro-processors Association (TAPA), with support from the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED) and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) and just launched ‘Brand Tobago…
The fusion of food at Chef Roary’s International Restaurant Showcase will be a vehicle which the culinary arts in Barbados and Newfoundland & Labrador will expand into national, regional and…
Coopers from several smaller Caribbean distilleries recently spent an intensive week’s training at Angostura Distillery in Trinidad learning to repair and maintain the wooden barrels in which ru…
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean (FAO-SLC) promoted the nutritional benefits and diversity of cassava as a food crop at Agrofest, the largest Barbadi…
The West Indies Rum Distillery’s (WIRD) Product Development Committee, a team of talented rum experts, is responsible for Cockspur Splash – the latest rum to hit the Barbados market. Devel…
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a regional project to support the development of the cassava industry at an Inception Workshop and Regional Working Group Meeting that took place 1…
The Caribbean Cooking Channel was created by Darin Holder due to the number of food & beverage series he created over the last four years which aired on CBC TV 8. He then diverted into “In D…
For the first time in over a decade, Mount Gay Distilleries Limited has unveiled an ultra-exclusive blend: The Origin Series. The latest expression of Mount Gay’s time-honoured tradition comes i…
In his 40th Anniversary message, CARDI’s Executive Director, Dr. Arlington Chesney paid homage to the staff of the Institute, giving ‘a special thanks to all of the management and staff wh…
With a food import bill of more than USD 4 billion per annum, tapping into the potential of cassava can lead to foreign exchange savings, improved food security and revitalization of farming in the Ca…
The availability of molasses, improving waste treatment facilities at the region’s rum distilleries and the status of a promotional campaign for Caribbean rum were discussed as over 30 regional rum…
CARDI celebrates 40 years on December 5th, 2014. The Institute was established on December 5, 1974, with the signatures of Ministers with responsibility for agriculture of the then twelve (12) existin…
Addressing agricultural revitalization and the high food import bill are two of the major challenges facing the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Over the past 10 years, the food import …
Some 50 experts and national authorities of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) representing 23 governments and international and national organ…
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How can governments, farmers’ organizations and the private sector seize current global momentum and galvanize concrete action in support of family farmers beyond 2014? This is the central quest…
CARDI has been supplying Caribbean farmers with quality hot pepper seeds for the past twenty years. Currently, four main varieties are produced by CARDI and supplied through its distributor, Caribbean…
Barbadian Michael James will go to the United States this month on a professional exchange on invasive species management and eradication sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbe…
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says its hopes data it supplied to the United States would convince authorities there not to list the queen conch as an endangered species, as a non-g…
Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says he opposes the widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture, saying this has serious implications for human health. Ramsammy, a physici…
In its efforts to support the local farming industry St Kitts Marriott Resort & the Royal Beach Casino stepped up its commitment of partnering with local farmers in purchasing more of their organi…