​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm “Nature Island” welcome to all those present here today at this momentous week of activities.
 I feel privileged to be associated with this most important, timely and necessary event and feel humbled that my country was chosen as host.
​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Greetings to all of you gathered here this afternoon in the beautiful Nature Island of the Caribbean – Dominica!
We are honoured in the Commonwealth of Dominica, to be hosting the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture and the many very important discussions and fora under the auspices of our august regional agencies and international organisations.
THE Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) yesterday joined the agricultural sector in expressing concern regarding the proposed reduction in the Common External Tariff (CET).
"If duties are reduced, this will threaten the existence of several locally manufactured products, which will have implications for agriculture as well as the socio-economic health of the country," said a statement issued yesterday by the JMA.
IN THE future, producers of fruits and vegetables and their products will be required to identify where any potential hazards can occur, establish control points, monitor how well their systems work and fix problems when they occur.
This is according to Juliana Almeida, a Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) who spoke at a workshop organised by the Barbados Manufacturers’ Association (BMA) on the “New Requirements and Opportunities to Export Fruit and Vegetables to the USA” held recently at BMA headquarters.
There needs to be less talking and more actions taken in the agriculture industry for the benefit of farmers.
This is the word of Wismar Greaves, Managing Director and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL). He made these comments at the Crop and Livestock Insurance Seminar held at the Lester Vaughan School yesterday.
JAMAICA Ethanol Processing has shut down its ethanol plant and terminated 31 jobs after 26 years in the business.
The move was completed last week after three consecutive years of rising input costs helped to sever margins and drive the company out of an ethanol market in which it started operating long before the other two operators in Jamaica — Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) and Petrojam.
CODRINGTON, Barbuda, Friday August 12, 2011 – The fishing industry in Barbuda has received a boost following the construction of an Artisanal Fisheries Complex. Through the project, fish and lobster products from Barbuda will be able to satisfy the international quality control requirements to export to European Union countries.
A dedication ceremony for the $30 million dollars complex, which is the fifth artisanal Fisheries Facility to be built in the twin-island state under the Government of Japan’s Grant Aid Scheme, was held this week.
Regional air carrier Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is looking to expand its air cargo lift out of Guyana; and is offering, as a promotional incentive to local agricultural exporters, a 15 per cent reduction in freight charges until the end of this year.
​(CARICOM, Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) I am very pleased to extend to you all a very warm Nature Island welcome. As you have already observed Dominica, the Nature Island of the Caribbean is still covered with up to 60% forest nourished by almost 200 inches of average annual rainfall, manifested by 365 rivers.
I welcome you here to a friendly and natural environment to celebrate with us the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture under the theme “Caribbean Food and Nutrition Security in a Changing Climate_ The Nature Island Experience”.
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque this week welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Dr Victor Villalobos as his first visitor from an institution since assuming office on August 15.