Breaking News

  • BREAKTHROUGH IN CALEB WAITHE MURDER

  • MURDER ACCUSED IN REMAND UNTIL 8th MAY

  • Eagle Hall man in remand over Holetown stabbing murder

  • HRMAB Hosts Case & Cuisine to Deconstruct Alexa Hoffmann Ruling

  • NEW MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS WITHIN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH

  • WATER WOES IN COLLYMORE ROCK CREATE CLOSURE OF PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT’S NDU HEADQUARTERS

crops

  • The virtual event brought together over 70 regional stakeholders, including National Standards Bodies (NSBs), food safety regulators, consumer associations, manufacturers, and other stakeholders. The objective was to introduce two national food safety standards developed by St Lucia with assistance from the BSI that could serve as steppingstones for a regional food safety standard for Pre-Requisite Programmes and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
    April 8, 2025

    Food Safety Standards Crucial to Regional Trade, Public Health and Food Security

  • Dr. Elizabeth S. Johnson, IICA Representative in Jamaica, outlined the structure of the webinars, "IICA is honoured to be executing this project with the leading cocoa innovation and research centres in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago. The issue of minimising cadmium levels in cocoa and chocolate products is an intensive area of study in LAC, with projects in either Latin America or the Caribbean funded by multiple agencies. This project, jointly funded by the EU and the STDF, is the first attempt at harmonisation of methods and farmer-ready mitigation strategies across Latin America and the Caribbean to maintain market access. We are very excited about the awareness raising and discussion forum opportunity with the launch of our 'Cadmium Talks' webinars."
    October 22, 2023

    Caribbean ‘Cadmium Talks’ Launched, to improve cocoa crops and increase their export viability

  • The Ministry of Agriculture has identified 60 acres of lands at Webbs Estate in St. George which will be subdivided and made available to locals who are interested in pursuing the rearing of birds.
    January 28, 2023

    Nevis moves to establish a new broiler chicken industry, offering concessions to their farmers

  • Dr H Arlington D Chesney is a leading Caribbean Agricultural professional who has served his country, the Caribbean and the Hemisphere. He is a Professional Emeritus of IICA and, in 2011, was awarded Guyana’s Golden Arrow of Achievement for his contribution to agricultural development in Guyana and the Caribbean.
    September 22, 2022

    Agriculture More Than Food On The Table: A Conceptual Approach Within Guyana’s Oil and Gas Riches

  • "An import dependent region, the Caribbean continues to feel the socio-economic strain of COVID-19 which is now being compounded by the conflict in Ukraine. With most COVID-19 assistance programmes having concluded, many families are expected to face an even greater challenge to meet their basic food and other essential needs in the months to come," said Regis Chapman, WFP Representative and Country Director for the Caribbean Multi-Country Office.
    May 4, 2022

    SHARP RISE IN FOOD INSECURITY IN THE CARIBBEAN, SURVEY FINDS

  • CrimeStop Praedial
    April 14, 2022

    “Praedial Larceny And Indisciplines” by Dr Victor Eastmond (Ret’d)

  • Standing from left Mark Hill, CEO of Export Barbados (BIDC), Shawn Holder, owner of Holder's Food & Exports and Erasmus Alfred of E&C Marketing.
    January 16, 2022

    Export Barbados Assists Breadfruit Exporters

  • Also speaking at the launch, Grenada’s Minister of Finance, Gregory Bowen cited the project’s socio-economic impact indicating that MSMEs stand to benefit from these efforts and contribute to economic diversification.
    October 6, 2021

    Grenada’s Agri-Food Sector to Expand with EU, CDB aid

  • With this in mind Victory Gardens Caribbean in partnership with Farm Finder Global and the National Conservation Commission have launched the 2020 Grow Barbados Challenge to encourage Barbadians, especially first time gardeners to get growing.
    July 29, 2020

    REGISTER FOR THE 2020 GROW BARBADOS CHALLENGE!

  • sweet potatoes
    July 25, 2017

    A new investment guide for the Caribbean sweet potato sector

  • Solar Greenhouse 5
    November 14, 2016

    Agricultural Development in the Caribbean About to Advance

  • fao
    October 26, 2016

    “School feeding programmes could help fight NCDs in CARICOM” By – Kenton X. Chance