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The redevelopment of the Cargo Port at Deep Water Harbour continues to progress despite the challenges caused by the pandemic.
ABS News takes a closer look at what will happen in the short term and how the pandemic has impacted on the timeline for completion.
Our reporter Raghib Apparicio has the latest.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Director of Agriculture Gregory Bailey says a significant amount of food is being wasted in this country.
He opines this results from inadequacies at production, transportation, retail, and consumption.
At the level of production, Bailey attributes most food waste to the protracted absence of cooperation among farmers. He posits this hinders planning in the number of specific crops grown at appointed times and at agreed-upon levels.
Bailey adds food waste is paramount to wastage of land, labour, capital, energy, and water which are already scarce resources in this country.
He not only encourages the formation of cooperatives among the farmers but also proper planning by consumers when shopping to delimit the amount of food wasted in households.
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Caribbean Agriculture Ministers Discuss New Challenges Stemming from the COVID-19 Pandemic
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aries of agriculture of 14 Caribbean countries related some of the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. They listed new challenges in strengthening food production and emphasized the support that the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) provided in the fight against food and nutritional insecurity in 2020 – a year that had crippled tourism, the engine, of Caribbean economies.
The ministers and secretaries were participating in IICA’s virtual 2020 Regional Accountability Seminar, which gave an overview of the hemispheric organization’s actions to support the Caribbean productive sector. Announcements were also made about new initiatives while a frank discussion was held about difficulties stemming from COVID-19, indicating that the technical assistance received had been invaluable.