GUYANA - Friday, 30 July 2021) - While Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have welcomed the progress on the Fisheries Subsidies negotiations, they have signalled that further adjustments are required, underlining the necessity for special and differential treatment (SDT) for small developing states.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Opposition is again calling on the Government to rethink the use of what environmental and agricultural experts call prime agricultural lands for housing.
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MONTEGO BAY, June 28, 2021 - The matter of Regional Food Security will be high on the agenda when CARICOM Heads of Government meet next week at the Forty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government next month.
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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, June 25, 2021 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been recovering from the strong impact that the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano in April had on its agricultural sector, but it still needs the help and solidarity of the countries of the Americas and the rest of the world.
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines - June 8, 2021 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Agriculture Minister, the Hon. Saboto Caesar, has commended locally owned and operated company “Medicinal” on the recent launch of an extensive line of locally produced medicinal cannabis products.
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Caribbean Public Health Agency - June 7, 2021 - The Caribbean continues to encounter multiple threats to food security and safety. Some of these threats include climate change, emerging diseases, and issues in border control and security. Unemployment and poverty, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, result in food insecurity and limits people’s access to safer, healthier food options.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 3, 2021 - Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, has lauded operators of the St. Catherine-based Model Agricultural Production Limited, for investing more than US$2.5 million in farming.
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BELIZE City, 29 May 2021 (CRFM)—The newly elected chair of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saboto S. Caesar, has urged fellow Fisheries Ministers across the Caribbean to prioritize the Blue Economy, to strengthen the region’s COVID-19 recovery efforts.
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(Food and Agriculture Organisation Press Release) The mere sight of bees sends us scampering in fear of being stung. However, we savour their honey to sweeten our food, desserts, pastries and teas, especially a hot lemon tea when nursing a common cold.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 28, 2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes this region may now need to amend its target and generate at least 25 per cent of its food production by 2023.
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