FAO and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) teamed up recently to host a virtual Fish Silage for animal feed Workshop for 25 participants and stakeholders.

Through Phase 3 of the European Union-funded Programme for Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries, FAO collaborated with Saint Lucia’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (P

Guyana is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic Seabob, a commercially important shrimp that is caught from the Atlantic coast of the US all the way down to Brazil. In Guyana, Seabob is fished by both industrial trawlers and by artisanal fishers.

Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) is the first country in the Caribbean to have carried out an individual food consumption survey using a tailor made software (myfood24) which collects information on what people eat and drink over the previous 24-hour period (2

World Pulses Day will be celebrated around the globe on Thursday, February 10 with the COVID-19 pandemic still looming over our heads and impacting food security and supply chains.

Delegates to share industry knowledge and experience on the implementation of policy, legal, and operational aspects of the management of pelagic fisheries on FADs

Under this Resilient School Feeding Programmes sub-project in Trinidad and Tobago, one of the aims is to promote positive attitudes and awareness among children in learning how to grow healthy food for better nutrition and eat local produce. Pursuant to t

The manual which has been updated with the technical support of FAO, will improve agricultural practices, enhance commercial farming, solve day-to-day field problems and build sustainable farmer institutions able to address farmer’s needs and problems.

More than 200 professionals from the Caribbean will follow a four-week training course on international agreements on agriculture and international agrifood trade.

Queen Conch is the second most important fishery in the wider Caribbean basin with significant landings that support the consumption needs of local communities and provide a livelihood for fishers through national and internationally trade.

Technicians from 11 countries attended the Regional Workshop of the International Plant Protection Convention in Antigua.

Public and private sector stakeholders will gather for a week of trainings and to validate an upgrading strategy for strengthening the dasheen value chain

Farmers from nine districts signed grant agreements with FAO/SAMAP to benefit from the opportunities for agriculture development. The Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project (SAMAP) strengthens the capacity of farmers, farmer organizations, and agribu

World Food Day 2019: Schools Healthy Meals Challenge (Guyana)

The Government of Grenada seeks to expand and diversify its list of commodities available for export and reduce its importation of some locally grown produce.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical assistance and support to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the preparation and execution of an Agriculture Census; the first to be done by the Mini

Tuna and tuna-like fishes, most notably the yellowfin and Atlantic sailfish make up about 70 percent of the reported catches in Grenada.

The Government of Grenada with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, jointly launched

FAO showed the main results of an initiative that seeks to promote the digitization of rural areas.

Earlier this month, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) was granted Observer Status in the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).