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New planting tech set to revolutionise yam farming (opens the original)
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A new yam propagation technology could multiply planting material up to 300-fold from a single plant could help to ease the shortage of quality seed while leaving more edible yam for farmers to sell. Charles Webster, a plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, said the single-node vine-cutting technology uses leaf nodes, which are typically discarded by farmers, to produce healthy plantlets for field planting. Webster was speaking during a technical session of the on
CCRIF: Fast payouts critical to Caribbean disaster recovery (opens the original)
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The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has noted that regional governments are increasingly utilising parametric insurance to secure rapid access to cash following natural disasters, which is in keeping with what the scheme was designed for. According to Elizabeth Emmanuel, head of technical assistance and corporate communications at the CCRIF, the model was designed to provide governments with quick liquidity following hurricanes, excessive rainfall, and other disasters, allo
JCC: Gov’ts must help close price gap on Caribbean goods (opens the original)
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The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is pushing back against concerns raised by Rodwell Ferguson, Belize’s Minister of Agriculture, about the reluctance of some businesses to purchase regionally produced goods, arguing that companies cannot reasonably be expected to sacrifice profitability simply to support Caribbean products. In an interview with The Gleaner on the sidelines of the ongoing CARICOM’s Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) event in Trelawny, JCC President Emile Leiba said the issue
Official urges CARICOM to strengthen regional food economy (opens the original)
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With the Caribbean importing more than half of its food, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General Dr Wendell Samuel says the situation poses a major threat to the region’s economic resilience. “For a region where more than 60 per cent of the food consumed is imported, and where some member states import up to 80 per cent of their food, the imperative for action became undeniable,” Samuel said, while addressing the opening ceremony of Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026 in Trelawny on Sunday. Samuel sa
Spring Mount access crisis hurts John’s Hall Primary (opens the original)
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The John’s Hall Primary School is losing students as the collapse of the Spring Mount road in St James disrupts access to the school, with enrolment falling by 84 children as families struggle with longer journeys, higher transportation costs, and difficult travel routes. The breakaway occurred nearly a year ago as Hurricane Melissa ravaged western Jamaica. Principal Maxine Tugwell-Brown told The Gleaner that enrolment has since fallen from 362 students to 242 – or 26 per cent – as parents seek
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