Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir explains the benefits of the Dukes Agri-Industrial Park and the Barbados Institute of Food and Agriculture. Minister Weir explains how Barbados is putting systems in place to secure food supply and grow the agricultural economy.

BUILDING FARMING OF THE FUTURE PART 2

Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, CARICOM Chairman message ahead of the 49th Regular CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting

Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness - Youth Message ahead of the 49th Regular CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting

Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, CARICOM Chair -CARICOM Day  Message 2025

CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett Message ahead of the 49th CARICOM Heads of Gov't Meeting

- Gaza: Famine doesn’t happen overnight, says UN aid agency 
- In Sudan, children are ‘just skin and bones’: UNICEF  
- Geography shouldn’t define destiny, UN chief tells summit on landlocked nations  

Audio Credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Audio Duration: 4'20"

UN News Today 05 August 2025 -Gaza Update, Hunger in Sudan, Summit on landlocked nations

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.

This week's programme features:

1.	Follow WeGatherin on Instagram @wegatherinbarbados
2.	Insurance coverage for the hurricane season

This week In Case You Missed It Opportunities – (August 6 - 12):

-	Teaching vacancies (see attached)

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT AUGUST 6 - 12 (2025)

Dr. Aubery Stewart  Youth Leader's Address, 49th Regular CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting 2025

Dr. Carla Barnett  Opening Remarks at the 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting 2025

CARICOM Youth Ambassadors  Statement at the 49th Regular Heads of Government Meeting 2025

More than 30 landlocked developing countries – from Bolivia to Bhutan and Burkina Faso – face some of the world’s highest trading costs, deepest poverty and weakest investment flows.

Rebeca Grynspan, head of the UN’s trade and development agency, UNCTAD, has told UN News that they are "invisible to much of the world", prisoners of outdated structural constraints.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, in Awaza, Turkmenistan, she explained to Nargiz Shekinskaya why digital trade, regional integration and long-term investment are critical to unlocking their potential.

Audio Credit: Nargiz Shekinskaya, UN News
Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN trade and development chief calls for economic boost to aid landlocked countries

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