{"id":20737,"date":"2024-06-19T18:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20737"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:03:30","slug":"regional-agriculture-transformation-focuses-on-partnerships-and-collective-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/regional-agriculture-transformation-focuses-on-partnerships-and-collective-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Agriculture Transformation Focuses on Partnerships and Collective Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the launch of the 18th Caribbean Agriculture Week, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha underscored the critical need for regional partnerships and collective actions to drive agricultural transformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, themed &#8216;Climate Smart Agriculture for a Sustainable Future,&#8217; highlighted the sector&#8217;s evolution towards enhancing production and ensuring food security across Caribbean nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized Guyana&#8217;s leadership in these efforts while acknowledging the region&#8217;s vulnerability to climate change impacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, stressing their role in bolstering resilience against environmental challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his capacity as Chairman of CARICOM\u2019s Ministerial taskforce on food production, Mustapha outlined ongoing initiatives, including efforts to introduce a regional insurance product tailored to support farmers facing unforeseen challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, slated for October 7-11, 2024, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, will serve as a platform to further these objectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities during the week will focus on fostering collaboration and innovation in sustainable farming practices aimed at securing a resilient agricultural future for the Caribbean region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick At the launch of the 18th Caribbean Agriculture Week, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha underscored the critical need for regional partnerships and collective actions to drive agricultural transformation.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20739,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20737\/revisions\/20739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}