(Stock Photo) FAO serves up four challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean to encourage more consumption of fruits and vegetables. As it turns out we need more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away. In fact, we need approximately 400 grams of fruits and...
Pulses, which are the edible seeds of a plant, include a variety of beans familiar to our family meals such as pigeon peas, lentils and kidney beans. (FAO) World Pulses Day – 10 February: The importance of pulses or legumes in the new COVID-19 era The United Nations...
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir. (FP) Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security joins with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in celebrating World Food Day. The Ministry also congratulates the FAO on the...
Barbados’ agricultural projects are of great interest to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ new Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean, Dr. Renata Clarke. This was disclosed today during a courtesy call with Minister of Agriculture...
Between 30 and 70 per cent of every fish caught by local fishermen is discarded, and efforts are being put in place to reduce this wastage. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, made this disclosure last Friday, during a press conference on...
