The keys to Grenada\u2019s newest Tissue Culture\u00a0 Laboratory will be officially handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Forestry and Marine Resources on Thursday March 27, 2025.<\/p>\n
The almost One-Million-Dollar project funded under Phase 8 of the Grenada China Technical\u00a0 Agricultural Cooperation is aimed at enhancing tissue culture operations at Propagation Stations\u00a0 throughout Grenada.<\/p>\n
Minister for Agriculture and Lands Forestry and Marine Resources, Hon Lennox Andrews, says\u00a0 operations at the facility will address the growing challenges faced by the Ministry and farmers on\u00a0 a whole in terms of the consistent propagation and availability of plantlets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this new Tissue Culture Laboratory, the Ministry of Agriculture can now better position\u00a0 itself to serve farmers by the mere fact that our propagation stations will now make available better\u00a0 quality, more disease resistant and a wider range and volume of plantlets to farmers of this nation,\u201d\u00a0 Minister Andrews is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
Construction of the Laboratory at the Mirabeau Propagation Station commenced in September\u00a0 2024 and to date the project is estimated to have cost more than Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars.<\/p>\n
Phase 8 of the Grenada China Technical Agricultural Cooperation was signed between the Ministry\u00a0 of Agriculture and Lands and the People\u2019s Republic of China on May 10, 2023.<\/p>\n
Chief Agronomist in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Forestry and Marine Resources,\u00a0 Allison Haynes, has addressed concerns about the lab\u2019s potential underutilisation, assuring that\u00a0 efforts will be made to ensure farmers fully benefit from its resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are taking all the required measures to guarantee the building is utilised to its full potential.\u00a0 We will be recruiting ten employees, five being technicians. They will include a head tissue culture\u00a0 lab technician, with an assistant, and three propagator attendants. Together these individuals will\u00a0 be responsible for micro propagation of plantlets and hardening of plants in the nursery. Banana,\u00a0 plantain, pineapple, root crops, spices and ornamentals will be targeted in a phased approach,\u201d\u00a0 Haynes says.<\/p>\n
She notes that all provisions for the lab will be made through yearly budgetary allocations. Grenada has been without a functional Tissue Culture Laboratory for approximately two decades.<\/p>\n
The ceremony will also see the handover of keys to various ancillary projects, including the Small\u00a0 Agricultural Machinery Station, Bamboo Weaving Workshop, Water Reservoir, Pump House, and\u00a0 more, all built at the Chinese Agricultural Mission Farm in La Sagesse, St. David.<\/p>\n
The Government is committed to increasing availability of disease resistant local planting material\u00a0 to farmers. This initiative aligns with the OECS FAST Strategy, endorsed by Grenada and other\u00a0 OECS member countries, as an urgent action plan to promote food security, self-reliance, and\u00a0 agricultural development in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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