Dr. Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana and Lead Head for Agriculture, Agricultural Diversification and Food Security in CARICOM has announced a US 100M special concessional financing package. This was disclosed…
In Antigua and Barbuda, Vetiver grass is being used to ameliorate and rehabilitate the Cooks Landfill, which borders one of the country’s largest mangrove swamps. This activity is taking place…
The African Swine Fever (ASF) is a virus, often fatal, which affects both domestic and wild pigs. The disease, though harmless to humans, is highly transmissible between infected pigs and…
Ministers’ Brief April 2022 ContentsSweet potato value chain analysis gets underwayRegional plans to cut food imports by 25% by 2025Regional Agri-news RoundupVetiver grass - a green engineering solution in Antigua…
CARDI Press Release 12 May 2022 The International Day of Plant Health brings into focus the importance of plant health in addressing global hunger, as plant pests and diseases cause massive…
Project Development Specialists (2) The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) is seeking two (2) Project Development Specialists as it aims at ensuring improved proposals crafting for innovative, impactful and transformative projects that can qualify…
Through the European Union (EU)/CARIFORUM financed - Coconut Industry Development and Enhancement Support for the Caribbean project, The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) collaborated with the Research Division,…
We warmly welcome Dr. Shelley Bridgewater to the CARDI family. Dr. Bridgewater will serve as the CARDI Representative in the Bahamas. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University…
In September 2017, Maria, a category 5 hurricane, devastated Dominica’s agriculture sector. The country’s coconut industry was particularly hard hit with more than 95% of the bearing coconut trees destroyed.…
Ministers’ Brief March 2022ContentsValidating safer methods to control the South American Palm weevil in Trinidad and TobagoCARDI welcomes new ScientistsImproving coconut seedlings supply in Dominica