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OVER the next five years Jamaica will benefit from the revitalisation of the spices sector under a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded project. The USDA initiative is expected t...

Today, Sept. 21, in his address to the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden announced more than $2.9 billion in new assistance from the U.S. government to address global food insecurity,…

USDA implementing $50 million in Agri development programs in Bangladesh

Published April 27, 2021, 12:13 PM The United States (US) is funding two separate agriculture projects in the Philippines with combined investment of P1.6 billion. In a letter to Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said his agency is committed to making “historic investments” in the agriculture sector not just in the US but also in other countries like the Philippines. This was in response to Dar’s letter congratula...

Traded volumes of high-quality specialty coffee declined as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic while volumes of lower-quality specialty coffees increased, according to a recent analysis from the authors of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide. Peter W. Roberts and Chad Trewick penned the 19-page report documenting the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on specialty coffee purchasing behaviors in the 2019-20 harvest year. The report covered thousands of contracted transactions from the dawn of the p...