Caribbean Librarian for Agriculture

The Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre 's  Caribbean Digital Library has a virtual collection of Caribbean documents and other information resources available on the world wide web arranged for easy retrieval under twenty seven broad subject headings, of which, agriculture is one. The relevant subject headings are: Agriculture Climate Change/Disasters Economic Conditions Economic Policy Environment and Natural Resources Government and Public Administration Information and Communications (including ICT) Millennium Development Goals Regional and International Cooperation Science and Technology Small Island Developing States Social Development Trade Transport URL: http://ckmportal.eclacpos.org/caribbean-digital-library/agriculture

The Statistics Sub-programme compiles statistics on the member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) .  These data are submitted to the Secretariat by the member states themselves, either by the National Statistics Office or the Central Bank, depending on the nature of the data. Occasionally, in the absence of data from the member states, third party sources would be utilised. The data collected are used for multiple purposes-updating of databases, production of statistical reports, providing specified data for analysis. URL: http://caricomstats.org/index.htm

In keeping with a decision taken at the 30th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held 2-4 July 2009 in Guyana, the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) will now be referred to as the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) . The CRNM, as the Office of Trade Negotiations of the CARICOM Secretariat, now has extended responsibility for the coordination, development, and execution of negotiating strategies for all Community external trade negotiations.

The objective of the IDATD - Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean  published by International Trade and Integration Division, UN ECLAC , Chile is to provide provide information and disseminate knowledge among officials of ECLAC member countries, experts, members of the private sector and interested persons in general on the trade dispute systems in which Latin American and Caribbean countries participate and to facilitate policymaking and policy implementation. IDATD URL: http://idatd.eclac.cl/controversias/index_en.jsp

Agri-Beat   from the   Caribbean Regional Agriculture Policy Network (CaRAPN) provides links to the publications like: AgriView In a Nutshell i-Bulletins CaRAPNotes Though the newer editions are online, some of the early issues e.g. "In a Nutshell"  have very interesting material. In September 2004, IICA started www.carapn.net   to enable connections, linkages and sharing of experiences for building the CaRAPN community and serving agriculture.

AgEconSearch is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including: Working papers Conference papers Journal articles It is maintained by the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and the University of Minnesota Libraries with cooperation from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association .

GreenVine is a monthly bulletin of the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO) in Trinidad and Tobago. Published to provide a status of the situation and outlook for the Agri-Food sector, in response to the need for timely market intelligence.