Promoting agritourism in Barbados

Like many Caribbean nations, Barbados faces two distinct crises. On the one hand, the island now imports almost 90% of the food consumed. On the other, levels of obesity and associated diseases have risen, largely because people are eating processed products and calorie-dense foods, most of which are imported. Agritourism, which links farmers and agribusinesses to the tourist market, could play a significant role in tackling both these problems and CTA is working closely with local partners to encourage the growth of the local food market.

Farm Credibly, a Jamaican start-up among the 2018 Pitch AgriHack winners

by Varun Baker

New experience capitalisation publications: We’re half-way there

by Jorge Chávez-Tafúr

Three experience capitalisation booklets have just been launched and are now available – each one of them with 12 stories describing and analysing the work of different projects and organisations in East and West Africa.

Changing the way we communicate

Using the e-Granary mobile platform to deliver agricultural information to farmers

by Chris Addison

ICTs offer farmers a range of opportunities to acquire real-time agricultural information to enhance their production. As such, CTA and AgriCord co-financed a 2018 Pan African Farmers Organisation (PAFO) project to provide access to market-oriented agricultural extension and advisory services, via mobile phones, to smallholder farmers in Kenya.

Harnessing the benefits of data and farmer’s data right to advance agriculture

by Chris Addison