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March 21, 2013
Bahamas Attends Film Florida Film Commissioner Meeting

The Bahamas Film Commission participated in Florida Tourism Day with Film Florida in Tallahassee, from March 13-15. The Bahamas is an associate member of Film Florida, a non-profit organization established to bring more production business to the State of Florida.

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January 13, 2009
Ministry of Agriculture considering several initiatives to strengthen food security in the country

The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources is considering a direct intervention in the management of commercial food stocks to foster the maintenance of minimum levels of certain critical items for up to 12 weeks to ensure availability in the event of a disruption of supplies.

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March 21, 2024
Policies, technical assistance, data and research needed to bolster agricultural sector, says Minister at Guyana regional conference

Small Island States such as the Bahamas must address the importance of Agrifood systems in order to maintain sustainability. This was the message conveyed by the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources during the 38th Latin Agrifood Systems Transformation in Small Island Developing States Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference, held in Guyana, March 19, 2024.

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July 04, 2023
Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries issue call for action to accelerate agrifood systems transformation and collectively build resilience

Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs, Hon. Clay Sweeting as well as Ministers, Vice-Ministers and other high-level representatives from dozens of countries most vulnerable to global crises and shocks have issued a call for action to boost the transformation of agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.

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July 03, 2023
Sweeting makes global call for agricultural fund for SIDS

During a high-level meeting of ministers held by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting called on countries to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive and sustainable, in order for vulnerable countries like The Bahamas to become more food secure and less vulnerable to shoc...

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June 26, 2018
A Familiar Walk: Hurricane Preparedness 2018

With the daunting news of an active 2018 hurricane season looming over a still healing Caribbean, A Familiar Walk's annual hurricane preparedness program is reminding people of the importance of being prepared for an active Atlantic hurricane season, one possibly fraught with strong storms...

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January 03, 2013
BAPA: Sysco Deal Will Help Farmers

While no specifics have been revealed about the level of investment U.S.-based food distributor Sysco will make into local farming, the head of the Bahamas Agricultural Producers Association (BAPA) believes marketing assistance could create a domino effect that would eventually lower the food import bill.

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May 29, 2011
Bahamas Waste gets 50K carbon financing

A renewable energy consulting firm believes the Bahamas is well-positioned to benefit from offsetting carbon emissions, with BISX-listed Bahamas Waste receiving $50,000 in "carbon financing" so far for its "green" efforts.

In doing so, it has become the first Bahamian company to be recognised for its carbon offsetting measures, and to receive so-called carbon financing in return. The first tran...

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January 19, 2011
Need to increase Local Poultry Production

Andros, Bahamas - Bahamas
Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) chairman Edison M. Key wants to
help increase the local production of poultry products.

With the assistance of College of The
Bahamas poultry scientist Ronald Justin Taylor, BAIC is planning instructional
facilities for the North Andros agri-industrial park.

"There is a huge market for poultry
products in The Bahamas," said...

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