FAO in Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize

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07 August 2019
Dr Crispim Moreira has been appointed as FAO Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize. Dr Moreira, a national of Brazil, is an Agricultural Engineer and holds a Doctorate in Geography from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Dr Moreira started his career in 1993 as Deputy Secretary of Municipal Food...
15 July 2019
During a one-day meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), stakeholders identified national needs within the framework of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This process was a first step in allowing FAO to formulate its Regional Initiatives for the next biennium 2020-2021 and...
03 July 2019
Minister Audley Shaw endorses Jamaica’s new national committee on Agriculture Disaster Risk Management.   Jamaica re-establishes a National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee to further activities in promoting disaster risk and climate change adaptation measures in Jamaica’s Agriculture sector. Over thirty agriculture stakeholders from government entities, non-governmental organizations and other development partners were...
24 June 2019
The 41st FAO Conference has elected China's Qu Dongyu as the agency's next leader
18 June 2019
Celebrating Sustainable Gastronomy Day! Learn more...