By Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for Latin America and the Caribbean The regional commitment to fight hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean has made significant progress thanks to the update of the Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan of the […]
Government and private sector stakeholders agree on developing the hot pepper sector to increase production and export across the region and globally Bridgetown, Barbados – Building on the country’s plans to increase food production and trade, public and private sector stakeholders from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have identified two important crops for further development […]
Benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 percent below its year-earlier level Rome– The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, with the sharpest drop in international sugar quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which […]
Farmers and extension workers trained on good agricultural practices for soursop cultivation and agree on strategy for upgrading the sector to capitalize on the export potential Bridgetown, Barbados – Grenada remains the only Caribbean country with approval to export fresh soursop to the United States market. Despite this position, low production is among the issues […]
An occasion to salute our fisherfolks as our local Food Heroes Bridgetown, Barbados – Across the globe, World Fisheries Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 21 2023, under the theme, “Investing in social protection to secure equitable Blue Transformation in the fisheries sector; an opportunity to recognize and celebrate fisherfolks as “Food Heroes”. According […]
St. GEORGE’S, GRENADA– Thirteen entrepreneurs in Grenada’s agriculture sector have emerged as winners in the Blue-Green Digital Innovation Challenge. The Challenge was launched in June 2023 by the Government of Grenada with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. […]
Belize City, Belize – A new US 48 million dollar project to strengthen the foundation for blue economic growth and sustainable development of marine living resources by focusing on marine spatial planning, area-based management, and climate-smart sustainable seafood value chain development has commenced. The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the Food and Agriculture Organization of […]
ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA— The Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives, in partnership with the Windward Islands Research and Educational Foundation (WINDREF), announces the continuation of training to enhance the skills and expertise of operators of fishing vessels in Grenada up to 34 feet. Supported by funding from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), […]
The country aims to implement a new Fisheries Act by year-end Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – A senior team of experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) undertook a mission to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 25 to 29 July 2023. The mission’s goal was to help […]
