KINGSTON, Jamaica: Opposition Spokesperson on Agriculture and Water, Member of Parliament Lothan Cousins, is urging the Agriculturte Minister Audley Shaw, to provide an explanation for the summary dismissal of members of the Andrew Simpson led Board of Directors of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and its immediate dissolution.
(Caribbean Public Health Agency Press Release) October 16, 2021 - “Key public health threats to the food and agriculture sector in the Caribbean include foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks, weather uncertainties, flooding and other natural disasters, and now, the COVID-19 pandemic.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 5, 2021 - Guyana's President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali today said that Guyana will push aggressively for the dismantling of barriers that restrict intra-regional agricultural trade in a bid for the country, and by extension, the Caribbean, to not only attain food security but to also export food.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 1, 2021 - In marking National Tree Planting Day 2021, the Shadow Minister of Land, Environment and Climate Change, Senator Sophia Frazer Binns, is calling all Jamaicans to play their part in planting at least one tree as a commitment to preserving and restoring our environment. MP Lothan Cousins, Shadow Minister of Water and Agriculture agrees that, “Tree-planting initiatives are important for food and water security, for the conservation of biological resources and helps us to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change.”
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 29, 2021 - The Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Mr Lothan Cousins, MP, urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to expedite its investigation into and remedy the current disease affecting melon and cantaloupe crops. Mr Cousins said it is becoming a devastating period for farms stricken by the disease.
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 8, 2021 - Opposition Spokesman of Agriculture and Water, Member of Parliament Mr Lothan Cousins, says he is concerned about the rapid increases in the price of poultry meat in the local market, which is causing a heavy burden on consumers who rely on the popular protein for daily sustenance.
SAN ISIDRO, Costa Rica Sept. 2, 2021 - Argentinian veterinarian Manuel Otero was re-elected as Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021. He will serve a new term as head of the international organisation specialising in agricultural development and rural well-being, from 2022 to 2026.
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.
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.
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.
