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14 June 2023

Business Development Manager at Rock Solid Plastics Limited, Ashley Neisbeth (centre), and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon Floyd Green (third from left), look inside an empty water tank created by Rock Solid Plastics Limited at the St. Bess Agri-Fest held at the Santa Cruz Community Centre SDC Complex on Friday, June 9, 2023. Looking on are Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson (left), and Senior Director of Production, Mar

Business Development Manager at Rock Solid Plastics Limited, Ashley Neisbeth (centre), and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon Floyd Green (third from left), look inside an empty water tank created by Rock Solid Plastics Limited at the St. Bess Agri-Fest held at the Santa Cruz Community Centre SDC Complex on Friday, June 9, 2023. Looking on are Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson (left), and Senior Director of Production, Marketing and Special Projects for RADA, Nathan Samuels (right).

 

NIC to Explore use of Municipal Corporation’s Tanks to Provide Irrigation

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 14 Jun 2023   

Agriculture Minister, Floyd Green, has directed the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) to explore the repurposing of underutilized tanks across the island to provide irrigation water to farmers.

Green, who was addressing patrons at St. Bess Agri-Fest on Friday, June 9 in St. Elizabeth, said that he has already engaged the NIC in dialogue surrounding how the tanks, which are said to have been constructed by the Parish Council years ago, can be used to supply farmers with irrigation water...

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