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01 September 2023

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Farmers examining crops under cultivation.

Farmers Receiving Assistance Under Gov’t’s $200M Drought Mitigation Programme

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 01 Sep 2023   

August 31 (JIS):

Farmers have begun receiving assistance under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s $200-million drought-mitigation programme.

This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, while speaking on ‘Good Morning, Minister’, aired on Love 101 FM on Wednesday (August 30).

He advised that $104 million was allocated for trucking water, $48 million is earmarked to purchase three trucks, while other sums are programmed for the provision of mulch, seeds, planting material and fertiliser, among other inputs. “I’m happy to announce that...

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