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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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