Climate Change Workshop 2011: ProgrammeParticipating Institutions
The Workshop had high-calibre representatives from across the region and internationally.
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Climate Change Workshop 2011: Programme
Our 2-day programme was intense and engaging. (more…)
Climate Change Workshop 2011: ProgrammeBackground & Objectives
Climate change is today widely recognized as one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. If left unchecked, climate change can seriously harm economies, societies and eco-systems around the world, especially in developing countries. Climate change is not restricted to national boundaries and it therefore only makes sense to address the issue at the regional and international level. The projected impacts in most instances are negative and are unevenly distributed across developing regions.
Climate Change Workshop 2011
The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in collaboration with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) hosted a Workshop on Climate change and agriculture in the Caribbean: Protected Agriculture – An adaptation option. (more…)
Caribbean Food Security and Climate Change
Barbados will host the 47th Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS). The main theme of the meeting will be “Assuring Caribbean Food and Nutrition Security in the context of Climate Change.
Agribusiness for Sustainable Development
The Caribbean Agro-Economic Society (CAES) has announced that the 29th West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference is scheduled to take place over the period 17-21 July 2011, in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, under the theme: “Agribusiness as the Path to Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Caribbean”.