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Department Of Agriculture Hosts Sensitization…
Basseterre, St. Kitts; In an effort to effectively inform key agricultural stakeholders about the Ministry of Agriculture’s efforts to further develop and improve the management capacity and…
Statement By Secretary Antony J. Blinken
The United States has long been at the forefront of tackling global food insecurity, and we remain steadfast in our leadership through our focus on two crucial dimensions: immediate emergency response…
Farmers Invited to Nutrition Management Training…
All livestock farmers are being invited to the second in a series of ‘Animal Nutrition Management’ training sessions, set to be held on Monday, 17th July 2023, at the Department of Agriculture, Large…
Small Island Developing States, Least Developed…
Rome – Ministers, Vice-Ministers and other high-level representatives from dozens of countries most vulnerable to global crises and shocks have issued a call for action to boost the transformation of…
St Kitts And Nevis Take Steps to Substitute…
Government stakeholders agree on further developing the value chains for sweet peppers in St. Kitts and lettuce in Nevis with the aim of replacing imports of these produce. – Bridgetown, Barbados – As…
IICA Director General announces the Institute’s…
San Jose (IICA) – Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) announced the wholehearted endorsement by the specialized hemispheric agency for…
New Broiler Industry on Nevis Will Mean Big…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS - The establishment of a broiler industry on Nevis to provide locally produced chicken meat will redound to the financial benefit of the island’s poultry farmers. The Ministry of…
NIA breaks ground for the first poultry processing…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS - The Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM)-led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) significantly advanced its food security agenda on Tuesday, breaking ground for the construction of…
Grenada’s Produce Chemist Laboratory receives…
Bridgetown, Barbados (IICA): Grenada’s fisheries sector is a major source of employment and income and a significant contributor to food supply and food security, as well as a key foreign exchange…
CIAT expert views agrosilvopastoral systems as the…
San Jose (IICA) – Promoting agrosilvopastoral systems that maintain soil cover and contribute to carbon capture has proven to be the most efficient way to increase food production, while also…
Farmers Invited to Soil, Climate Change &…
(Basseterre, St. Kitts: The Department of Agriculture, St. Kitts, through the Soil Fertility and Pesticides Residue Analysis Laboratory will be facilitating a Soil, Climate Change and Smart…
Agri Night Market, St. Kitts Music Festival…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (MMS-SKN) -- Agri Night Market, St. Kitts Music Festival Edition, held at the Basseterre Public Market on Wednesday evening June 21, which was attended by scores of residents and…
St. Kitts and Nevis biodiversity credentials…
Progress in promoting biodiversity agricultural efforts in St. Kitts and Nevis’ St. Mary’s Man & Biosphere Reserve, was highlighted this week at the UNESCO 35th Session of the International…
Second Global Parliamentary Summit reaches…
Valparaíso- The Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition closed on Friday in Chile with a new Global Parliamentary Pact to work towards the transformation of agrifood systems…
Improving access to safe, healthy food in Antigua…
Bridgetown, Barbados, (IICA): Recognising the importance of having a strong policy framework to modernise their Agricultural Health and Food Safety (AHFS) systems, Antigua and Barbuda successfully…