Publications
The State of Food Insecurity in the CARICOM Caribbean 2015
16/11/2015
This report presents the overview of food and nutrition security from the standpoint of what FAO classifies as the four pillars of food security, in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Breadfruit and Breadnut Orchard Establishment and Management
28/07/2015
Breadfruit and breadnut are not native to the Caribbean. The seeded breadnut, which is considered as an ancestor of breadfruit, originated in Papua New Guinea in the Western Pacific region. Thousands of years ago, as early peoples moved eastwards across the Pacific with breadnut, the seedless breadfruit developed and became predominant in in the eastern part of the South Pacific. Most of the breadfruit in the Caribbean came from this region.
Regional Conference on Cassava in the Caribbean and Latin America
14/04/2015
The countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have a huge import replacement opportunity for food, flour, feed and beer (and possibly energy) that can be addressed by the development of the cassava industry which already has a production base in almost all of the countries of the region. Recent estimates suggest that the Caribbean currently imports, on an annual basis, nearly 900,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for flour and 420,000 MT of corn (mainly for poultry feed).
The CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025
06/04/2015
Latin America is the sub-region that has made the most progress, achieving both the Millennium Development Goal target to reduce the prevalence of under-nourishment from 14.4% in 1990/92 to 5.1% in 2012/14, and also the more ambitious goal of the World Food Summit (WFS) of 1996, by reducing the total number of people suffering from hunger, from 60.3 million to 29.5 million in the same period.
Climate-Smart Land Husbandry in Jamaica
12/04/2014
The ultimate overall purpose of this manual is to ensure that Jamaican farmers become less vulnerable, more resilient and better able to cope with the changes that climate change will bring to their farming production methods. The impact that climate change currently brings is already making farmers more vulnerable and putting them more at risk to the negative effects of increased periods of drought, wind damage and hurricanes, possible flooding events, deforestation and soil erosion.
Compendium on Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Caribbean Sub-region
07/04/2014
The purpose of this document is to provide a practical tool to train and build human capacity in the Caribbean sub-region in the practice of rainwater harvesting. Application of rainwater harvesting techniques will produce measurable improvements in livelihood and household food security, generated by access to reliable water resources for irrigation.
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