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Bahamas Pushes Agro-Processing Training, With Help From Jamaica

Above: Edison Key, left and Donna Bromfield (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is continuing its agricultural push, now with a focus on turning locally-sourced fruits and vegetables into food byproducts. Last week, the Bahamas Agricultural […]

Jamaica Aids Bahamas’ Coconut Push

Above: coconuts slated for distribution (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation is continuing its push to cultivate the coconut industry in the country, distributing 6,000 coconuts resistant to lethal yellowing to farmers […]

From Atlantis to the Ocean Club, Bahamian Produce Begins Turning Heads

Above: BAIC farm manager Ayret Lightbourn answers questions from chefs about tomato production in North Andros (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff A number of Bahamian chefs were on hand this weekend in North Andros to look at […]

Bahamas Links Agriculture, Tourism

Above: a farm in Andros (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is “serious about food production,” and intends to secure the link between agriculture and tourism, according to Edison Key, chairman of the Bahamas Agricultural and […]

Bahamian Farmers Get a Boost

Above: the new farming equipment (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By Gladstone Thurston Farmers in the Bahamas’ Long Island got a boost last week with the commissioning of a tractor and equipment from the country’s Agriculture Ministry. The new tools should increase […]

Bahamian Coconuts Get Jamaican Help

Above: Jamaican coconut expert Dr Wayne Myrie inspects a section of Greg Stuart’s stock in North Eleuthera. From left: BAIC GM Benjamin Rahming, Myrie, Edison Key and Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian government […]

Bahamian Agriculture Push Continues

Above: Exuma farmer Bernard Rolle at a melon farm (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ move to emphasize agriculture, especially in islands like Abaco and Exuma, received a boost last week when the Bahamas Agricultural and […]

Bahamian Farmers Recover from Irene

Above: farmer Dwight Saywer lost his entire banana crop. Also pictured: BAIC Executive Chairman Edison Key and Assistant GM Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) The Bahamian Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has stepped in to help farmers on Grand Bahama whose […]

In the Bahamas, Help for Organic Farming

By Gladstone Thurston IICA’s Bahamas representative, Dr Marikis Alvarez (left), farmer Kirk Deleveaux, Edison Key (centre) and assistant general manager for agriculture, Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo) The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture is continuing its push for agricultural development […]

Bahamas Giving Pineapples a Boost

Above: Arnold Dorsett, Edison Key, Lucayan Tropical Manager Tim Hauber and BAIC GM Benjamin Rahming (BIS Photo/Derek Smith) By Gladstone Thurston In an effort to boost its pineapple industry, the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has begun distributing 5,000 tissue-cultured […]

Pondering Caribbean Agriculture’s Future

Above: Bahamian IICA representative Dr Markis Alvarez visits the Bahamas last month (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) Given the growth prospects of agriculture and an abundance of plant-friendly weather, why doesn’t the Caribbean as a region invest more in the industry? That […]

In Andros, Tackling the Food-Price Problem at the Grassroots

Above: BAIC Executive Chairman Edison Key tours the North Andros High School’s mini-greenhouse with teacher Shivanandah Ackloo (BIS Photo) By Gladstone Thurston With food prices an increasing challenge for the Caribbean, a group of students in the Bahamas are working […]

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