GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Netherlands-based Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA) says developing countries could benefit from duplicating the format used by the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to discuss the development of the sector.
“I think this is the only region where there is a specific week every year dedicated to bring the key stakeholders dealing with agriculture together. So we want to encourage other regions to do the same”, CTA director Michael Hailu told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Agriculture ministers from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to meet here later this week to discuss ways of procuring agricultural inputs at a reduced cost, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced.
He said the meeting over the next few days would include his counterparts from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis and Dominica as the region moves to reduce costs in developing the agricultural sector.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says women’s empowerment must be seen as a catalyst for growth and diversity of CARICOM economies.
She told delegates attending the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) that women’s empowerment is a catalyst for developing any society, and more so in the Caribbean.
“This is probably a great understatement, when we look at the contributions made by our women to development, especially as it relates to food and nutrition security.”

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese in particular, we suspect, will be strongly appreciative of the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) concerning the Shanique Myrie case on freedom of movement in the Caricom area, pursuant to Article 207 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. For long before that date, and in consequence of the deep economic recession that had been afflicting the country, there had been much talk of what many Guyanese considered unsavoury behaviour towards them by officials at various Caricom ports, as they sought work in the wider Caricom area.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -- Two leading agricultural organisations have launched a book on agriculture in a climate-change Caribbean environment, as a leading agriculturalist warned that global climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development in the region.
The publication, “Making Caribbean Agriculture Climate Smart”, was launched during the Joint Technical Opening of Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) on Sunday.