ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) has been supplying Caribbean farmers with quality hot pepper seeds for the past 20 years. Currently, four main varieties are produced by CARDI and supplied through its distributor, Caribbean Chemicals a...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 4, 2014 - Government will shortly be adopting the technology used by Red Stripe in its large-scale cassava production, so that an islandwide cassava industry can be sustained as the technology being being utilized is delivering the kind of yields that will make the industry e...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in collaboration with Macmillan will launch CXC’s online commercial presence called the CXC Store at http://www.cxc-store.com on Friday 7 November during a concert in Jamaica. The launch will be held at Jamaica College auditorium starting at 10:00 am...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 1st November, 2014….. Preparations are well advanced for confering of the National Honour of Knight Companion of the Most Exalted Order of National Hero on Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Parliamentary Representative of the St. Jo...

ROAD, TOWN, BVI -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) ministers responsible for environmental portfolios will meet in Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands this week for their inaugural meeting since the Revised Treaty of Basseterre came into force in 2011. The meeting...

NEW YORK, Sept 29, CMC – The Inter America Development Bank (IDB) says it is prepared to work with donor organizations and countries to avoid duplication on projects as the Caribbean seeks to reinforce collaboration in the field of renewable energy. “Our long and close relationship wit...

The International ISBN Agency is making all publisher and prefix data as supplied by national ISBN Agencies available online for free for the first time.A new dedicated website at www.grp.isbn-international.org will allow anyone to carry out simple searches and to retrieve basic publisher name and p...

For the first time in the three year history of the Youth in Agriculture Farm Programme, hosted by the Inter American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture, (IICA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, and The Technical and Vocational Education and...

PRAEDIAL larceny has proven to be a constant disincentive to agriculture production, says CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul. The BAS is therefore appealing to the authorities to move quickly in introducing legislation to address this issue. Furthermore, the BAS feels the...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 28, CMC – The Steering Committees of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME) and CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facilities are considering proposals for eight projects for funding. The two-day meeting, which begins here on Tuesday, is bein...