Senator Quinton Lightbourne – Chairman, Bahamas Development Bank; Mari Dunleavy; IICA Representative in Bahamas, and Nicholas Higgs, Managing Director, Bahamas Development Bank.
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Caribbean experience in agritourism shared with south pacific.
At the request of the Government of Vanuatu and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), and in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisations (PIPSO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)...
Caribbean week of agriculture: a resounding call to build resilient production to ensure food security in the region.
CWA is the subregion’s most important forum for dialogue, convened with the aim to reach consensus on the future of agriculture and rural life. Participants at the event include key stakeholders in the Caribbean from both the public and private sectors.
Barbados has a unique opportunity to promote agrotourism through its rum heritage.
The best practices and success stories of several established and iconic rum trails in the U.S., Mexico and the northern Caribbean were explained in a webinar to promote the distinct qualities of two Caribbean iconic products, rum and tourism.
IICA names Gillian Goddard a “Leader of Rurality” for her work to empower small farmers in Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean islands | Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
Goddard opened Trinidad and Tobago’s first organic food store and founded the Alliance of Rural Communities – a non-profit that seeks to enlighten farmers about the value of natural resources, ensure their role in public policy development and facilitate their access...