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September 27, 2016

Agro-Processing Workshop

(ZIZ Newsroom) — A Marketing Management Of Food Processing Commercialization workshop got underway on Monday to advise agro- processers on marketing strategies, new food processing techniques, branding and the commercialization of products.…

National Traceability Workshop forms part of the SPS Measures

(SKNIS): The September 27-28 National Traceability Workshop coordinated by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and facilitated by the Institute of Food Technology (IFT) is part of a project on Sanitary and…

Caribbean leaders warn of region’s economic collapse

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that, along with climate change and lingering indebtedness, Caribbean islands face another existential threat from the withdrawal by…

Syria conflict: Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about Aleppo

US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces. Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by…

Spain Bankia fraud trial for ex-IMF boss Rodrigo Rato

Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and 64 other bankers have gone on trial in Madrid over an alleged credit card racket at Spain's troubled Bankia bank. The defendants allegedly used "unofficial" company credit cards for luxury purchases,…

Federation observes Pesticide Awareness Week

(ZIZ News) -- The Federation has joined other Caribbean territories in observing Pesticide Awareness Week from September 25th to 30th. Minister of Agriculture and Environment Hon. Eugene Hamilton in addressing the nation at the start of…

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