BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A food security and livelihoods survey has found that 3.7 million people, or 52 per cent of the population of the English-speaking Caribbean, remain food insecure.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has earned an estimated GUY$274 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) from the black water shrimp industry during the first quarter of this year, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's Banana Board is urging farmers to implement measures to protect their holdings against the TR4 disease even though the disease has not yet been detected in any Caribbean country.

NEW YORK, NY - As a food lover, I am always looking for the interesting and the unfamiliar dishes and one I was recently introduced to is Haitian BBQ Goat.

NEW YORK, NY - Today I will share with you the recipe for Cow foot stew or Raghu as the Haitians call it.  This is a popular stew throughout the Caribbean and is complimented with an ample amount of broad beans to completely provide the full complement of essential amino acids. It is served with rice and peas or with white rice. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The General manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie said the industry recorded a productive year in 2022,  recording a 2.8 percent increase in banana production and 18.7 percent for plantain.

NEW YORK, New York -   Cassava is such a great staple and super food that even in Brazil it is regularly used in their cuisine as in the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to implement a project to strengthen the country’s international competitiveness in the hot pepper industry.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali says Guyana will soon commence cultivation trials for millets production to support the transition to large-scale production of the seed locally.

Scientists have found what they believe to be the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas, inside ceramic artefacts recovered from a small Caribbean island. Forty ceramic sherds were examined in the first study to have used molecular analysis techniques – Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry - to investigate 15th century pottery from the Puerto Rico region.

WASHINGTON, DC – Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali has underscored the urgency of the Caribbean region becoming food secure while highlighting the need for measures to be implemented to achieve the set targets.

NEW YORK, NY - We are advised daily to eat a balance meal and we all should heed this advice. It will not only keep us healthy but will help us have a sustainable food supply.