Climate change is now something I spend most of my days and night worrying about. It is a major issue. What if you are a potato farmer or a cereal farmer; if you plant and you don't get the rain your crop is dead. If your crop is ready to get harvested, and you get the flood, the crop is dead.....
Agriview Vol. 15 No. 1
Volume 14, No. 2, 2009
The business of agriculture has never looked healthier! No Kidding!
They say ...our children are our future, feed them well and watch them grow! With concerns over child obesity and the future of agriculture, getting our children interested in ‘eating what they grow’, literally, may be the most sustainable model to link good business, good agriculture and good health. The goat industry is shaing up to be one of these sustainable models for agriculture and rural development.
Go-at cheese...
Volume 13, No. 1, 2007
Agriculture could have performed better in 2006. But the situation could have been worse. The region was lucky: there were no hurricanes or other natural hazards of significance that derailed development activity. However, the performance, or lack thereof, of agriculture was the subject of much debate in political circles, the media and the wider public as food prices escalated.
Volume 13, No. 2, 2007
Celebrating We Agri-Culture - Again “With all the challenges, there has never been a time when more opportunities have presented themselves for the sector to reposition itself and make a significant contribution to economy and livelihood of our people; what is required is the will, the fixity of purpose and the continuity of efforts in finding creative solutions to our problems within the framework of our Alliance"
Volume 12, No. 1, 2006
Agriculture and food security are inextricably linked to the universal goal of equitable human development. Caribbean countries have have signed on to several of global, hemispheric and regional mandates, agreeing to take actions to achieve the gaols hunger and poverty reduction and rural prosperity. To achieve this, they are realigning their agricultural policies to enhance sector’s contributions to these objectives.
Volume 12, No. 2, 2006
The promise of a ‘new’ agriculture has been on the region’s horizon for some time now. These promises offer new hope for redundant traditional industries, such as, raw cane sugar, or mass-produced conventional bananas. They offer unprecidented opportunities for new and often revolutionary uses of old or ordinary agricultural crops. They offer new possibilities for expanding the production frontiers in agriculture. The old agriculture has been overtaken by new and competitive ‘designer’ processes, packaging and products.
Volume 10, No. 1, 2004
Policy has become the ‘silent’ partner in agricultural development. Experiences with the widening gap between the high promises of science and technology in ACP agriculture and thedisappointing reality on farms have led to a consensus on policy being the key constraint facing ACP agriculture. Focusing on policy is an attempt to bring urgent attention to the fact that we in the Caribbean, in spite a long history of policy making for agriculture, appear to be repeating mistakes of the past. The international environment is one which places a high penalty on mistakes; agriculture can no longer afford to repeat its mistakes. Caribbean Agriculture must be brought into the 21st Century, quickly, starting with feasible and effective policies. This process can be expeditiously facilitated through networking, the tool of choice in the 21st Century. Lessons learnt draw from the experience of the CTA’s interventions in regional agricultural policy networking in African regions.
Volume 14, No. 1, 2009
The future of agriculture has never looked rosier
Cocoa can provide new and innovative solutions to consumers' demand for 'live longer' and 'look younger' food and non-food products, and can be used to develop a whole new value added industry. It is opportunities such as these that provide the basis for some new fresh thinking at fora such as the Summit of the Americas...
