The worldwide and growing trend in providing security services through private companies is clearly evident in the Caribbean where private security personnel may now outnumber their counterparts in law enforcement.
This paper provides a synthesis of very positive results and milestones from various trials of hexanal on a variety of tropical fruit crops in five countries.
The need for domestic smallholder farming systems to better support food and nutrition security in the Caribbean is a pressing challenge.
This paper explores how various dimensions of social capital have evolved and been influenced by institutional dynamics in Saint Lucia's domestic agri-food system.
In Saint Lucia monocrop (banana) plantation agriculture for commodity export continues to dominate the national and regional agricultural psyche, with minimal policy attention being directed towards developing more locally-oriented food systems in
Small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as a special case for sustainable development due to the unique set of challenges and vulnerabilities they face.
The Farm to Fork model, developed specifically for the Caribbean, resulted in increased income for farmers and improved consistency in food production and supply.