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Regional Food Security

Guyana building new regional ‘agri-tech’ campus – President Ali

Staff Writer Feb 1, 2023

(Newsroom) President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that a new regional agriculture technology campus will be built in Guyana as part of plans to leverage technology to increase food production. The President made this announcement during…
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The dual assault of the pandemic and volcano eruption has sparked the need for deeper Caribbean…

Staff Writer May 10, 2021

By Chelston Brathwaite, Director General Emeritus of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Manuel Otero, Director General of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) The…
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Antigua and Barbuda adopts ‘different vision’ for agriculture

Michelle Nurse Oct 9, 2017 0

With food security as its priority, the government of Antigua and Barbuda is pursuing a “different vision” as it moves to rebuild the agriculture sector of Barbuda which was destroyed following the passage of Hurricane Irma in…
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Effects of climate change in focus at Agriculture Meeting

Michelle Nurse Oct 6, 2017 0

The detrimental effect of climate change on the Region was brought in to sharp focus as a special Meeting of Agriculture Ministers got underway at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday. At the…
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Greater resilience necessary to confront ‘new normal’ – CARICOM Secretary-General…

Michelle Nurse Oct 6, 2017 0

The catastrophic hurricanes that ripped through Caribbean territories recently were likely to be the "new normal", and provided the evidence of the reality of climate change, Caribbean Community Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin…
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