Cuban agriculture needs young people
| | HAVANA, Cuba, 22 May 2013 (IPS) - When Gabriela Blanco tells other Cubans that she works in an organic vegetable cooperative and is getting ready to study agronomy at the university, she gets surprised looks. |
Cuba's sugar mills get new lease of life
| | MEJICO, Cuba, 22 May 2013 (BBC) - It is a sight the people of Mejico thought they would never see again - sugar cane pouring onto a conveyer belt, beneath chimneys pouring smoke into a bright blue sky. |
Puerto Rico promises Culebra Island more independence
| | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 22 May 2013 (AP) - Puerto Rico’s tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory’s governor is cutting some of those strings. |
Caribbean farming gets its roots wet
| | BASSETERRE, Nevis, 21 May 2013 (IPS) - As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable. |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
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NORTH ATLANTIC FORUM |
| | Rural tourism conference 13-15 June, 2013, Holar, Iceland
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USP |
| | 12th Pacific Science Association Inter-Congress 8-12 July, 2013, Suva, Fiji
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SICRI |
| | 9th International Small Island Cultures conference 10-13 July, 2013, Tual, Kei Islands, Eastern Indonesia
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HAWAII |
| | 21st Annual Hawaii Conservation conference 16-18 July, 2013, Honolulu
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APCE SUMMIT & EXPO |
| | Islands & Isolated Communities Congress 9-11 Sept, 2013, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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IGU ISLANDS COMMISSION |
| | Island Development conference 1-4 Oct, 2013, Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan
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SPREP |
| | 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation & Protected Areas, 2-16 Dec 2013, Suva, Fiji
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ISISA |
| | Islands of the World XIII conference 27-30 May, 2014, Jersey
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SIDS |
| | 3rd International Conference on SIDS 2014, Apia, Samoa
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