FAO in the Caribbean
@FAOCaribbean
News & information from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations offices in the #Caribbean. Follow our Director-General QU Dongyu, @FAODG.
🇯🇲 Over 4 weeks, 10 participants learned record keeping, pest management, nutrition & feeding and renovated a goat house using pallets as shown by @rada_jam. 🐐🏠 #ImprovingRuralLivelihoods #BetterProduction #SpringVillageDevFoundation @UNJamaica @UNOSSC


🧬 From restoration of degraded lands to safeguarding plant genetic resources and protecting pollinators, @FAO is helping countries scale up biodiversity friendly practices with returns for people and the planet. @KavehZahedi2030 🇬🇾 #BiodiversitySummit

📢As we get "busy" for World Food Day 2025, we look back at our #Foodhero from Dominica 🇩🇲. Agnan "Busy" St. Louis, is a passionate & dedicated #beekeeper and his journey into beekeeping is truly an inspiration🐝🍯. Read more👇
⚡️#Foodhero Spotlight!🔦 🐝🍯Meet Agnan “Busy” St Louis from #Dominica who shares with @FAOCaribbean about the sweet life of being a #beekeeper 👉🏾 buff.ly/3iS277k #Caribbean #beekeeping
🎓FREE online course! 🤝Boosting engagement with the private sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Want to work better with the private sector? Boost your skills to build stronger partnerships for sustainable development. Start now 👉 ow.ly/zr2T50VAnq3

🎓🌱 Thousands of rural youth migrate in search of education, but many dream of returning to transform their communities. 📢 Join the dialogue on this emerging rural talent at the 2025 Science and Innovation Forum by @FAO. 📍Virtual event | #SIF2025 🔗bit.ly/ScienceInnovat…

🎓FREE online course! 💧⚡🥗 How are water, energy & food connected? Discover the WEF Nexus and how it builds resilience in the Caribbean. Take FAO’s free self-paced course and level up your sustainable development skills. Start now 👉ow.ly/rxLo50VFNZm #Sustainability

🇯🇲 Training in goat rearing under the #ImprovingRuralLivelihoods project has wrapped up! Spring Village Foundation led Kitson Town beneficiaries through hands-on sessions to build skills for resilient and profitable livestock farming. 🐐🌱 @UNOSSC @UNJamaica @hcikingston




🌱 Biodiversity is the foundation of our agrifood systems -- its sustainable use is key to powering food security for today and tomorrow @KavehZahedi2030 @FAO in 🇬🇾 #biodiversitysummit


🎓 FREE self-paced course! Adequate food: the human right of us all 🍲😋 It is essential to understand the scope of the right to adequate food, its content and components to guarantee its effective realization for all people. Enroll! ➡️ow.ly/Bhyo50VAmqu @FAOCampus @FAO

🎓 FREE online course! 🐷 African Swine Fever Introductory Course This is a highly contagious disease that affects domestic and wild pigs, with a mortality rate that can reach 100%. Learn how to address this disease. Click to enroll! ➡️ow.ly/yYi650VAmQa

🎓 Free self-paced course! Addressing the climate change and poverty nexus🌎🔥 Strengthen awareness, motivation, understanding and capacity to implement climate and poverty reduction actions Register now! ➡️fao.org/in-action/fao-…

📢 On August 6, we launched the Regional Platform for the Empowerment of #RuralWomen. 💻 A tool to boost training, cooperation and advocacy. 🕚 11:00 (UTC-4). 🔗 bit.ly/40GbHRt

🗣️ Join the Global Dialogue between science, policy & the private sector! Let’s tackle high pathogenicity avian influenza together 🐔🌍 📅 September 9-11 | 🌐 Virtual event 🔗 Register here: ow.ly/unQK50WsTpQ #OneHealth #AvianInfluenza

👩🔬🌽 Rural youth with higher education and deep community roots: invisible talent that could reshape rural development. 💡 Learn how at the 2025 Science and Innovation Forum by @FAO. 📢 Virtual event | #SIF2025 🔗bit.ly/ScienceInnovat…

🎓FREE online course! 🤝Boosting engagement with the private sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Want to work better with the private sector? Boost your skills to build stronger partnerships for sustainable development. Start now 👉 ow.ly/zr2T50VAnq3

🎓FREE online course! 💧⚡🥗 How are water, energy & food connected? Discover the WEF Nexus and how it builds resilience in the Caribbean. Take FAO’s free self-paced course and level up your sustainable development skills. Start now 👉ow.ly/rxLo50VFNZm #Sustainability

A sustainable future starts with healthy animals. #AnimalHealth impacts billions of people every day, from the food we eat to our health. Healthy livestock are essential, but we all have a role to play: Farmers, governments, businesses and you. #OneHealth
🎓 FREE self-paced course! Adequate food: the human right of us all 🍲😋 It is essential to understand the scope of the right to adequate food, its content and components to guarantee its effective realization for all people. Enroll! ➡️ow.ly/Bhyo50VAmqu @FAOCampus @FAO

🔍Explore the Regional Technical Platform for #FamilyFarming. A space full of tools to strengthen this important sector 🌱 Access: 🖥️ Webinars 🗣️ Technical dialogues 📚 Interactive courses Join and share👉bit.ly/3Ip9sMg #BetterLife

🌾@FAO is a key technical partner in Latin America and the Caribbean 🤝, supporting 7 countries in transforming their #FoodSystems🌱 through public policies, #FoodSecurity actions, and strengthening #FamilyFarming and urban markets🛒 #UNFSS2025🔗bit.ly/FAOatUNFS