October 31, 2019
Governments, international and civil society organizations, research entities, scientists and academics discussed key topics for the agriculture sector during the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas. The Director General of IICA commented on the diversity of the group, calling for ongoing dialogue between the ministers of Agriculture, Environment, Social Development and Telecommunications, with a view to strengthening agriculture.
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October 30, 2019
Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, emphasized the role of agriculture as an engine for economic and social development.
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October 30, 2019
In opening the 2019 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, appealed for agriculture to be accorded priority in public policies.
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Nassau, Bahamas
October 28, 2019
Farmers from Abaco and Grand Bahama received drip irrigation tape, lay flat hoses, seedlings, promix (potting soil), seeds, animal feed, seedling trays, fertilizer bags and other supplies.
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St. George, Grenada
October 28, 2019
The first phase of this AHFS Programme in Grenada, in June 2019, involved an assessment of the equipment at the abattoir.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
October 25, 2019
The country has been working on two exercises which include the collection of data and how to react when there are bad weather conditions, or how to prepare farmers for that.
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Codrington, Barbuda
October 23, 2019
The main objective was to demonstrate to the participants alternative choices like using sweet potato and cassava
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October 17, 2019
The presence of the mollusc was detected in 2008 and endangers the country's food security
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Bridgetown, Barbados
October 9, 2019
Technical sessions will focus on models for regional production integration and trade of priority food commodities required by the tourism and the food service sector across the Caribbean
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