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The Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) is partnering with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA-EU-ACP), the CARICOM Secretariat, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO under the European Union All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme to host a regional “Production and Marketing Planning Workshop: A Regional Strategic Plan for Linking Small Farmers to Market” from Tuesday July 19-22, 2011 at the Princess International Hotel in Guyana. The workshop will seek to develop and agree on the framework for a Regional Programme for small farmers to organize production and marketing of selected crops for regional food security and extra regional trade within the context of the recently approved Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy. It will comprise participants from farmers’ groups, Ministries of Agriculture, international donor and technical cooperation agencies and regional and extra regional buyers of agricultural produce. Farmers groups will be allowed to interact with buyers in the various market segments in the regional market and also the extra regional markets. The main outputs of this workshop will be a practical and implementable pilot project to begin the production and marketing of selected roots, tubers, fruits and vegetables within national, regional and extra regional markets, and an overall Regional Programmatic framework that will provide guidance to CAFAN for the facilitation of interventions by interested parties for its farmers.
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EAT CARIBBEAN episode for Sunday 26th June 2011
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FOCUS: Caribbean Agri-Food Processors share their experiences and highligh the benefits of their recent participation in the Market Buyer Tour to the International Food Exhibition London
Host: Roderick St.Clair
Produced by: Caribbean Farmer's Network
Supported by the Italian Government, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Grenada Broadcasting Network.
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Regional Discussion On Government Extension Support |
Beginning on February 1st, through to the 3rd, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and CARDI will be hosting a meeting on Market-Oriented Agricultural Extension in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Participants from 13 Caribbean countries, and participants from CARDI, CABA and the CARICOM Secretariat, will be present to discuss the need to strengthen marketing and agri-business support being provided to farmers by government agricultural extension services.
Roderick St. Clair of Grenada will be representing ECTAD/CaFAN during this regional workshop.
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Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop |
From January 26th - 28th, Oxfam Great Britain will be hosting a Regional Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop in Montego Bay, Jamica.
Representatives from academia, UN agencies, NGOs and, local and regional organizations, including ECTAD/CaFAN, will gather to discuss problems and exchange best practice knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in small-scale agriculture. Ms. Renortha Penny of Grenada will be representing ECTAD/CaFAN during this three-day engagement.
Specific areas of discussion will include:
Disaster risk assessment in the agricultural sector
1. Promotion of long-term disaster risk reduction (DDR)
2. Technical intervention for enhanced (DDR and agricultural measures)
3. Socio-economic measures
4. Sector specific infrastructural measures
Preparedness
1. Training and awareness raising
2. Contingency planning
3. Linking early warning systems with agricultural sector needs
4. Protective measures and household level preparedness
Oxfam GB has been working for more than 10 years in the Caribbean region on agriculture development, food security and disaster risk reduction, through a variety of programs.
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Production Planning & Happy Holidays! |
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Yesterday afternoon, ECTAD/CaFAN held a meeting with farmers in the Vermont area of Saint Vincent. Nearly fifty participants attended the session, in which production and ECTAD's production planning programme were the centre focus. We have six additional regional workshops being held throughout the island, scheduled for the first two weeks of January. The Production Planning Program will, again, be discussed, as it applies to each area. Our focus crops include: Dasheen, Sweet Potato, Eddoes, Casava, Plantain, Ginger and Yam. ECTAD/CaFAN would also like to offer everyone season's greetings and a happy 2011!
A holiday message from Chief Coordinator, Jethro Greene: The Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN), expresses warm wishes to you and your family for the Season. We thank you for your support and cooperation in 2010, and we look forward to the same in 2011, and will work with you to ensure the coming year will be a very productive and a memorable one for agricultural revival. As a gift for the season, please find attached our new CaFAN brochure for light reading and comments. Also, please be advised that the CaFAN’s Secretariat office will be closed from the 22nd December, 2010 until 3rd January 2011. CHEERS TO ALL!! |
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