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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CARICOM, May 26, 2021 - Food security, climate resilience, and financing will be the primary areas of focus when stakeholders from across the region convene on 28 May 2021 for a Regional Food Systems Dialogue.
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GEORGETOWN, May 26, 2021 - As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to remind the Caribbean Region about the urgent need for food security within individual member states, members of the Ministerial Taskforce on Food Production and Food Security participated in a virtual dialogue to discuss progress made to date to develop a strategy to advance CARICOM’s agri-food systems agenda.
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KINGSTON, May 21, 2021 - The government of Jamaica has imposed a levy of US$0.50 on each pound of conch exported form the island during the 2021 conch season which opened on the first of April.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 14, 2021 - The Government will be embarking on a US$1.05 million (approximately $157 million) Agri-Business Cold Chain project for Jamaica (ABC Jamaica).
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