Agriculture

Beausejour, Carriacou- With a plough tractor now stationed and operational on the island of Petite Martinique, the farming community there is commending the Government of Grenada for the timely gesture. Since the introduction of the […]

ST, GEORGE’S: Agriculture and Fisheries Senator Roderick St. Clair met with fresh produce exporters on Monday, 7 June 2021 to address a major challenge to the industry – freight. The current freight arrangement is unreliable, limited […]

With aspirations of scaling up production through land tenureship, 40 year old Earl Jones has decided to become a full-time farmer. Jones, who currently propagates 1.3 acres of family land in southern St.Andrew, said he […]

When Andy Paul first attended a beginner’s course in Commercial Beekeeping organised by the Ministry of Agriculture  in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Corporation on  Agriculture (IICA), in 2002, he had no idea that […]

Farmers and field workers in Grenada are now more knowledgeable about maximising the production of yams. As part of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture, to promote food security by increasing production of the […]

Agriculture provides more than food; it contributes to economic growth and better livelihoodsfor farmers such as Whitfield Lyons. Lyons, from La Poterie, St.Andrew, has been farming full time for five years . The 44-year-old is […]

Grenada is among four Caribbean countries that will be scaling up innovative protected cultivation systems to enhance the quality of vegetable products. These benefits will be derived from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation […]

ST. GEORGE’S: Some farmers of the Eastern Agricultural District are now more knowledgeable in combatting pests, particularly the Flower-Bud Moth in peppers. This pest is a micro moth, which lays its egg on the leaves […]