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Groundbreaking campaign to get healthy food policies in our schools launched

Staff Writer Sep 8, 2022

(Barbados Government Information Service Press Release) As Caribbean students start to return to the classroom across the region, an ambitious campaign promoting nutritious food in schools has been launched with the hope of getting them…
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Prioritising farmers, buying local, investment, key themes of Food Systems Dialogue

Michelle Nurse Jun 2, 2021

Prioritising farmers, producing quality food and buying local, continuous and earlier exposure to agricultural science, and serious investment, are among the prerequisites for food security for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Those…
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WTO members appoint Amb. Deep Ford as new chair of agriculture talks

Michelle Nurse May 8, 2018 0

Ambassador John Deep Ford of Guyana has taken over as chair of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) farm trade talks. WTO members confirmed his appointment at a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture in Special Session on 9 April, 2018. In…
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