The safe disposal of PCBs-contaminated oil and equipment is one of many major challenges confronting the Caribbean.

Grenada’s agriculture sector stands to benefit from digital agriculture and innovation initiatives to strengthen the country’s agri-food systems.

The Resilient School Feeding Programmes, supported by the government of Mexico, promotes nutrition education and healthy diets in schools.

The four-week training course will assess the challenges and opportunities posed by greater trade openness for food and nutrition security in the Caribbean.

"Managing a farm under harsh climatic conditions is hard. Being a single parent is hard. Being a full-time teacher is hard. Being a single parent, a teacher, and managing a farm is off the charts but together they bring balance – I am stress-free, active,

Students' access to healthy and nutritious school meals is becoming a reality in Belize thanks to the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of Mexico and the Government of Belize.

On June 17, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) observes Desertification and Drought Day 2021 with focus on land restoration as a means that can bring economic resilience, create jobs, raise income, increase food security and l

By Dr Renata Clarke, Sub-regional Coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is creating more buzz with their ongoing training of beekeepers in Antigua.

The SOILCARE project will enable the use of updated country and regional soil data and knowledge, including on soil carbon, which is lacking but essential, to design the national LDN strategy and informed soil policies as well as for the climate agenda in

The Governments of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines give a resounding commitment to supporting and amplifying efforts to increase local production and export of agricultural produce.

Stories of women’s leadership in Pesticide Management in the Caribbean

Stories of women’s leadership in Pesticide Management in the Caribbean

We lose up to 40% of our food crops, to plant pest and diseases.

In 2008 the European Partnership Agreement (EPA) was signed by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, obligations within the EPA included the establishment of a system of protection for intellectual property rights.

More than 67 people from 22 countries participate in a hybrid way, as well as representatives of OSPESCA/SICA, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFMM), among others.

The Meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Suriname and was be followed immediately by the 4th Meeting of the Project Steering Committee of the project "Disposal of Obsolete pesticides including (POPS), Promotio

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of Mexico and the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis train farmers on sustainable agricultural practices, including the use of renewable energy technology in agricultural

Check out this FAO Brochure in Dutch on safety and decent work in fisheries for Surinam: Bevordering van veiligheid en verbetering van arbeidsomstandigheden in de Surinaamse visserij door toepassing van internationale normen.

According to Dr. Renata Clarke, FAO’s Sub-regional Coordinator, “most people spend very little time thinking about food safety unless there is a crisis or a scandal of some sort.