Agriculture and food security

Cultivating Resilience: Empowering Youth Farmers with Climate Smart Tools

This presentation outlines CARICOM’s emergency response strategy and action plan for the agriculture sector, with a particular focus on strengthening resilience among youth farmers through climate-smart tools and disaster preparedness measures. It explains the regional framework for coordinated agri...

Food Security Initiative Expanded, Extended to 2030

Uncertainties in the global trade arena and impacts from natural disasters in the Region are among the factors that have necessitated an extension to the regional food security initiative. The 25 by 2025 Initiative, which targeted the reduction of the Region’s more than $6B food import bill by 25...

Food for Lunch webinar to focus on water management in agriculture

Our Food for Lunch webinar series will continue on Friday, 28 February at 12:30 pm, ECT. This one-hour virtual session will be conducted under the theme -  ‘Exploring Sustainable Water Management Practices in the Caribbean - An Agriculture and Food Security Perspective’. The Caribbean W...

Advances being made to encourage youth in agriculture

The Caribbean Community Secretariat continues to make advances in its quest to encourage the Region’s youth to become more involved in the agriculture sector. Last year, the Secretariat consolidated its approach to youth with several targeted programmes including the continuation of the ‘I am CAR...

Major achievements under food security initiative

The 25 by 2025 food and nutrition security initiative has recorded major achievements including increased production across the Region, and the implementation of key agricultural policies, the CARICOM Secretariat’s Agriculture Programme has reported. The Initiative aims to reduce the Region’s hig...

CCCCC, Belize Launch BZD$77M Project to Build Climate Resilience in Sugarcane Industry

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in partnership with the Government of Belize, and key industry stakeholders, officially launched the 'Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize' (BAC-SuF) project. The launch took place at Escuela Secundaria Técnica M...

‘Youth important to achieving food security goals’ – CARICOM ASG (ag) at High School Agriculture Video Competition awards ceremony

Youth in agriculture took centre stage on Tuesday 28 January as the winners of the CARICOM High School Agriculture Video Competition 2024 were recognised for their interest and submissions. Georgetown High School of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mopan Technical High School of Belize, and Pleasa...

CARICOM SG urges increased advocacy internationally as CARICOM holds first major meeting for 2025

(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Describing 2024 as “very active and rewarding,” CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett expressed optimism for 2025, noting the Community’s commitment to building on its achievements and embracing new challenges ...

CARICOM Youth Ambassador and Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM strategise meaningful youth participation

“Meeting with Ambassador Comissiong was essential for aligning key priorities, including ensuring meaningful youth participation at the upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government Summit and advancing initiatives to engage young people across Barbados. This discussion provided an opportunity to strategise ...

END OF YEAR MESSAGE BY THE OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HONOURABLE DICKON MITCHELL PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA

Through it all, our modus operandi has been to speak with one voice and to premise all our interactions on the vision of a Caribbean Community, which is truly “A Community for All”. OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), HONOURABLE DICKON MITCHELL, PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA During t...

Cultivating Resilience: Empowering Youth Farmers with Climate Smart Tools

Food Security Initiative Expanded, Extended to 2030

Food for Lunch webinar to focus on water management in agriculture

Advances being made to encourage youth in agriculture

Major achievements under food security initiative

CCCCC, Belize Launch BZD$77M Project to Build Climate Resilience in Sugarcane Industry

‘Youth important to achieving food security goals’ – CARICOM ASG (ag) at High School Agriculture Video Competition awards ceremony

CARICOM SG urges increased advocacy internationally as CARICOM holds first major meeting for 2025

CARICOM Youth Ambassador and Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM strategise meaningful youth participation

END OF YEAR MESSAGE BY THE OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HONOURABLE DICKON MITCHELL PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA

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