Agriculture

Extension Staff Rewarded By IICA For Participation In Forum: ‘Strengthening The Climate Resilience Of Caribbean Agriculture.’

Two Extension Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture have been recognised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) for their participation in the 2021 Forums that were delivered as a 4-part series under […]

Agriculture

Agribusiness Training For Success In Grenada’s Pilot Agriculture Land Bank Project

ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA– Forty people are currently being trained under the Pilot Agricultural Land Bank Project to increase sustainable farming and successful agribusiness enterprises. This Pilot Agricultural Land Bank Project Agribusiness Training Programme is funded […]

Agriculture

IICA BGNI Members Receive Training In Management Of Pests And Diseases For Successful Vegetable Production

The second in the two-part series of training for the Grenada Backyard Gardeners Network Initiative (BGNI) concluded3rd November 2021 with a virtual training on the Management of Pests and Diseases for Successful Vegetable Production in […]

Agriculture

Meet The Farmer-Phillip Edwards

Phillip Edwards left the computing sector and is now a full-time farmer; a challenging transition from working behind a computer to working with the soil. He has been maintaining two different farms, one at Mirabeau, […]

Agriculture

Meet The Farmer Siddiqui Sylvester

Siddiqui Sylvester started farming in 1990, in a small orchard with various fruit trees containing soursop, mangoes, cashew nut and others. However, after the passage of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, he stopped farming, only resuming […]

Agriculture

The Croton Scale Insect – Knowledge About The Pest Extended To Extension Officers.

Over 10 Extension Officers have received first-hand knowledge from the Ministry of Agriculture’s Pest Management Unit on the existing Croton Scale Disease that is now causing damage to farmers’ crops and livelihoods. The Northern Agricultural […]