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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will embark on developing a plan for the bee industry in order to ensure its sustainability.
Among the areas it will address are certification of beekeepers, the national digital logging of apiaries, theft experienced by bee farmers and the expansion of the value chain.
Addressing a virtual meeting of beekeepers on December 2, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the plan will guide the actions of the Ministry over the next five years and will include all stakeholders in its development.
“One of the things we will have to do...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says there will be sufficient supply of tubers and meat for the Christmas period.

He said that the Ministry has been monitoring the food supply chain in light of the damage that has been done by the recent heavy rains.

“The good news is that in relation to our tubers [and] meat products, we do have sufficient supply. In fact, this Christmas, we expect to have the largest production of chicken the country has ever seen. Both our major producers are higher than pre-COVID levels in relation to production. We expect to see...

Cabinet has given approval for the US$25-million Modernisation of the Agriculture Sector Programme (MASP) to be included in the Public Sector Investment Programme.

The initiative is a five-year project that will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and financed by a US$25-million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Speaking at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing today (November 25), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the objective of the MASP is to increase agricultural productivity and income for beneficiary smallholder farmers...