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DEXIA calls for crop insurance program

General Manager at DEXIA, Gregoire Thomas, has suggested a crop insurance program for farmers in light of the passage of Hurricane Maria and other recent natural disasters. He said in recent times, since 2015, farmers have faced a number disasters…

Dominica’s Recovery: 130,000 new seedlings and counting…

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is supporting the work of the OECS Commission’s Agricultural Unit to help redevelop Dominica’s food production sector which was left decimated with the passage of Hurricane Maria. To date in excess of…

Rebuilding irrigation and farm access roads top priority for Dominica agriculture

Restoring irrigation systems and road access to farming areas in Dominica are disaster response priorities that are vital to reestablishing the country’s food production destroyed by Hurricane Maria. These priorities were highlighted as part of a meeting last week in…

Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas applaud the achievements of Victor Villalobos at the helm of IICA

Villalobos recently discussed the results of his two terms as Director General to a gathering in Costa Rica of 32 delegations from the region’s ministries of agriculture. San Jose, November 1st 2017 (IICA). The ministers of agriculture of the countries of the…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN: Dominica’s Food Production in Need of Immediate Restoration

Bridgetown, Barbados: Dominica’s food production requires immediate restoration as a result of widespread devastation to agriculture and fisheries caused by Hurricane Maria last month. The country suffered the most damage from the powerful hurricane in the Eastern Caribbean, which decimated its…

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