Business Briefs

FAO, ITTO, CABI hosting key April 12-14 forum in Port of Spain

A two-day forum jointly organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) will address several key issues relating to forestry management in the region. Stabroek Business has learnt that the April 12 -14 forum which will be staged in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago will address, among other issues, current statistical systems and the status of collection, analysis and dissemination of forest products statistics; methodologies used to collect and report on forest products production and trade and the use of forest products statistics at the country level.

 LAC countries take action towards ending hunger by 2025

The 34th Session of the Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) has adopted a number of measures aimed at achieving the region’s goal of eradicating hunger by 2025, five years ahead of the