Agricultural sector

CARICOM Boost

The CARICOM Boost: Women and Youth in Agriculture Project is a strategic regional initiative designed to strengthen food security, enhance climate resilience, and empower women and young people within the agri-food sector across CARICOM Member States. Implemented by the CARICOM Secretariat with the ...

Survey Spotlights Caribbean Food Resilience, Paving the Way for Bold Regional Action

"The data from Round 8 is not an endpoint; it is a catalyst for region-wide recovery, reform, and resilience.”Ambassador David PrendergastDirector of Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM Secretariat  The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the World Food Program (WFP) and regional partners,...

Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025 launched with call to sow seeds of transformation in agriculture sector

Being held under the theme “Sowing Change, Harvesting Resilience: Transforming Our Caribbean Food Systems for 2025 and Beyond,” CWA 2025 will be a vital platform for sowing the seeds of change. It will promote the exchange of innovations in climate-smart agriculture, the sharing of lessons learned, ...

CWA 2025 launches 15 July

The 19th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) will be launched on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, setting the stage for the event which will be held in St. Kitts and Nevis from 29 September – 3 October. CWA 2025 will be held under the theme ‘Sowing Change, Harvesting Resilience: Transforming Ou...

Guyana partners with Blumberg Grain to boost regional food hub, exports

In a landmark move to accelerate Guyana’s regional leadership in food security and agri-business development, the Government of Guyana on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Blumberg Grain, a renowned US-based agricultural company, to market and brand the regional food hub curr...

Caribbean Fisheries Ministers set new policy directions at 19th CRFM Council Meeting

Fish trade, fisheries-related crimes, and a new environmental and social safeguard policy were among key matters on the agenda of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), which convened its 19th Regular Meeting virtually on Friday, 4 July 2025. The Council - w...

Community’s food security journey transformative – CARICOM Secretariat Agriculture Manager

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is making significant strides in its pursuit of regional food security, with notable achievements in increased agricultural production, deeper intra-regional cooperation, and improved sector financing. “It’s an interesting journey for us. It's a transformative jo...

Government of Guyana, CARICOM Development Fund ink US$18M Agricultural Agreement

The Government of Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) yesterday signed a US$18 million financing agreement to kickstart the Agricultural and Infrastructural Development Programme (AIDP), which will see over 4,300 farmers across the ten regions of Guyana benefitting, with forty per cent of ...

July Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government to focus on security, food systems, climate change, geopolitics – CARICOM SG

The upcoming Forty-Ninth Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government will place emphasis on improving regional security, enhancing food and nutrition security and combatting climate change, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, said. The Meeting convenes 6-8 July, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, ...

Climate change of highest priority for CARICOM – CARICOM Secretariat Official

Climate change is a top priority for CARICOM Member States, requiring a comprehensive and multifaceted approach, according to Ambassador David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes at the CARICOM Secretariat. He reiterated the Region’s position at the 2025 Wet/Hurricane Season Caribbean Clim...

CARICOM Boost

Survey Spotlights Caribbean Food Resilience, Paving the Way for Bold Regional Action

Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025 launched with call to sow seeds of transformation in agriculture sector

CWA 2025 launches 15 July

Guyana partners with Blumberg Grain to boost regional food hub, exports

Caribbean Fisheries Ministers set new policy directions at 19th CRFM Council Meeting

Community’s food security journey transformative – CARICOM Secretariat Agriculture Manager

Government of Guyana, CARICOM Development Fund ink US$18M Agricultural Agreement

July Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government to focus on security, food systems, climate change, geopolitics – CARICOM SG

Climate change of highest priority for CARICOM – CARICOM Secretariat Official

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