FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

Publications

02/11/2016

The manual is intended to help countries within the wider Caribbean Region better understand the size and contributions from recreation fishing to their economies. The methods proposed within can be applied to other countries outside this region, too.

02/11/2016

The study carries out an analysis of the legal and institutional framework of the Caribbean fisheries based on a survey and questionnaire sent to the WECAFC countries. As the region is a complex patchwork of countries the methods of drafting and adopting legislation may vary considerably from one country to another.

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).

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.

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Mariela Ramírez

Regional Publications Coordinator