Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says food security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) can only be addressed by collaboration among countries. He said that the “going it alone” approach has never worked and needs to be replaced by a spirit of unity and cooperation. “It is critical that we cooperate with each other...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has underscored that climate smart solutions in the agriculture sector is critical to Jamaica achieving economic growth and development. Speaking at the United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean in Montego Bay on Wednesday (March 7), Mr. Holness said that smart climate solutions will assist Jamaica’s conservation efforts....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is cautioning against the continued reliance on manual processes in agriculture across the region, arguing that the sector must embrace technology to be more efficient. He was delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) regional conference for Latin America and the...

Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, has called for a multisectoral approach in combating malnutrition and obesity, which are on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Speaking on day two of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for the LAC at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St....

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, has encouraged Jamaicans to support the Government’s National Quality Policy 2017, as it aims to increase the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) and export earnings. According to Mr. Brown, the new policy will help with quality upgrading of locally produced goods and services to internationally required...

Assistant Director General for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Latin America and the Caribbean region, Dr. Julio Berdegué, says member states should provide a clear political mandate to guide the organisation’s activities over the next biennium. He notes that the FAO has been focusing on improving the quality of its agreements with the Governments, in...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement for the Bank to approve a grant of US$1.2 million for the FAO to implement a cassava project in Dominica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Titled: ‘Cassava Industry – Market Assessment and Technology Validation and Dissemination’, the project...