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…
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Bajan Reporter •
November 10th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Political )
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…
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AirBourne •
November 2nd, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
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…
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Bajan Reporter •
October 25th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Featured )
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…
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Bajan Reporter •
October 23rd, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Editorial )
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…
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AirBourne •
October 22nd, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
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…
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Bajan Reporter •
October 21st, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Travel )
Mount Gay Distilleries just concluded their Service Excellence Experience, it was held at the Mount Gay Visitors Centre. These are edited highlights from Managing Director Raphael Grisoni, and Rhonda …
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Bajan Reporter •
October 21st, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Events, Video Gallery )
Inter-regional cooperation for agricultural and rural development has moved a step closer with the announcement that the Pacific region is planning to hold a regional week of agriculture in 2015. The …
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Bajan Reporter •
October 16th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
As the Caribbean grapples with the problem of an ageing agricultural population, CTA and partners are taking steps to drive youth interest in the rural sector. The 2nd Caribbean Science and Agricultur…
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Bajan Reporter •
October 13th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research Institute (CARDI), Dr. Arlington Chesney has confirmed that he will leave the institute by the end of this year. “I think I should leave…
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DevilsAdvocate •
October 11th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
The 13th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), the premier meeting of agriculture stakeholders within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), opens here on Monday with a focus on family farming. The five-da…
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DevilsAdvocate •
October 6th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Thursday 24th September, 2014 brought the curtains down on the 2-day Regional Value Chain Workshop hosted at the Carlton Savannah, St Ann’s, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In a brief Closin…
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Bajan Reporter •
September 29th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Featured )
The FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have approved a project for joint capacity building for the impl…
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Bajan Reporter •
September 24th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Dunkin’ Donuts, one of the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chains, today announced a special deal for coffee lovers across Latin America and the Caribbean. On Monday 29th September …
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Bajan Reporter •
September 24th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Join the QC Family as renowned chef and QC alumnus Dane Saddler of Caribbean Villa Chefs gives a presentation on: “Agritourism: Reaping the benefits of local farming“
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Bajan Reporter •
September 18th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Photo Gallery )
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), continues to invite entries for their World Food Day 2014 poster competition. World Food Day is celebrated on October 16th each year …
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Bajan Reporter •
September 15th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Education )
FAO’s monthly food price index registered another drop in August, continuing a 5-month downward run and reaching its lowest level since September 2010. The index’s August average of 196.6 …
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AirBourne •
September 12th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Police have arrested and jointly charged three (3) men from the parish of St. John for the offence of Possession of Sea Eggs during the closed Season. They are: 1. Deon Norville 23 years of Martins Ba…
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DevilsAdvocate •
September 11th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Featured )
St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its Food & Beverage department. Director of Food & Beverage Joseph Niemeie…
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AirBourne •
September 5th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Value chains are fast becoming a critical part of the agricultural landscape, as countries seek to develop a competitive sector by linking farmers with end markets. While there are a number of Guides …
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Bajan Reporter •
August 21st, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Nature )
Barbados has a new south coast attraction compliments of Absolut Vodka, the first installation of its kind on the island. It comes in the form of a stunning new décor on the Absolut wall outside the …
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Bajan Reporter •
August 20th, 2014 •
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Agriculture )
Marlon Grant-Lewis will go to the United States this month as the latest Eastern Caribbean participant in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Mr. Gran…
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Bajan Reporter •
August 20th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Education )
This bigger LG flatscreen is $2999 B’dos at Courts, plus FLOW has many cuisine channels to select!
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AirBourne •
August 9th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Photo Gallery )
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AirBourne •
August 7th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Photo Gallery )
As the implementing agency for the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) Project titled ‘Diversification of the Caribbean Livestock Sector through the production of small ruminants’, the Carib…
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Bajan Reporter •
August 7th, 2014 •
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Agriculture, Education )
