Tag: Agriculture

Nevis Agriculture Minister Jeffers delivers address for World Food Day 2021

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 15, 2021) – The following is an address by Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration on the occasion of World Food Day on October 16. We are pleased to be among more than 150 countries around the world to observe World Food Day on October 16th annually. This day is significant, as it commemorates the date of the founding, of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. World Food Day was established by FAO’s Member Countries at the Organization’s…

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The rural youth of Africa and the Americas will engage in dialogue with a view to promoting agricultural sustainability

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(SKNIS) San José, 31 March 2021 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) will strengthen knowledge exchange between the Americas and Africa to promote rural well-being, agricultural productivity, food security and the rational use of natural resources, by way of an agreement that will also foster dialogue between young Americans and Africans living in rural areas. These actions will be defined within the framework of a technical cooperation agreement signed by IICA, the international organization specialized in agricultural and rural development,…

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