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The Caribbean is taking steps to revive its potentially profitable coconut industry, a move authorities say will depend on knowledge sharing and the replanting of old plantations with desired varieties for specific products. Executive Director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Dr. Arlington Chesney said the regional coconut production has slumped over the years because scientists ...

Teetering under pressure from the opposition-controlled House, the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Sunday openly appealed to its waning support-base to work hard to secure total control of the lawmaking body. Using its 21st anniversary in office, the PPPC pointed to its record in improving health, education, housing, water supply, roads and the quality of life of old ...

Small ruminant farmers are being urged to organise themselves so that they could effectively lobby policy makers to have their issues addressed. The call came from CARICOM Deputy Programme Manager for Agriculture Margaret Kalloo as the Caribbean Week of Agriculture activities continued in Georgetown, Guyana on Sunday. “Recently the poultry industry was able to bring their case to the Ministers ...

The case for CARICOM to adopt climate-smart agriculture to deal with the challenges posed by climate change is being hammered home by leading agriculture officials in the region. The latest occasion was Sunday evening’s launch of the Technical Workshops at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) in Georgetown, which also saw the launch of a booklet addressing the climate issue. ...

The 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture will today, among other sessions, focus on the “Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean- Towards a Shared Vision and Road Map”. You can listen to a live audio/radio webcast on www.demwaves.com or www.caribnewsdesk.com Welcome Remarks Dr. Arlington Chesney, CARDI Trinidad Remarks- Ambassador Robert Kopecky, Head of Delegation of the European Union Setting the Scene- ...

President Donald Ramotar on Saturday defended decisions he made in the past, and will likely make in the future to withhold signing into law opposition piloted legislation that he deems unconstitutional and counter-productive to democracy. The Head of State was at the time speaking to a gathering of Berbicians at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus during the first of ...

The Deputy Head teacher of Grove Primary School collapsed and died Friday morning during a march for World Teachers Day being observed Saturday. Dead is 50-year old Carletta Blair. Demerara Waves Online News was told that around 10 AM Friday teachers from schools along the East Bank Demerara assembled on the public road at Grove in the vicinity of A ...

THE GULF TODAY.-Dubai: Airport security officers intercepted two drug mules carrying 5.361kg of cocaine worth around Dhs8 million, reported the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics department earlier this week. In the first operation, the police intercepted a Tanzanian man, SK, who had arrived from Sao Paulo in Brazil. He was arrested at Dubai International Airport following a tipoff that he was carrying ...

Guyana and Barbados are set to begin negotiations to jointly grant licences for fishing in area where their two waters overlap, their Foreign Ministers said Friday. “There is a part of our boundary that overlaps with Barbados and within that area we would be working jointly so an agreement will be worked on for us to have a joint licencing ...

Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has lamented the Caribbean’s almost non-existent investment in agriculture research saying it is a critical pillar in the thrust to meet key developmental goals. His call came at the opening of a two-day media workshop on Friday which marked the start of activities for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture in Georgetown. Dr. Ramsammy ...