{"id":8254,"date":"2021-03-29T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=8254"},"modified":"2021-03-29T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:33:11","slug":"ministry-of-agriculturemeet-the-farmer-elvis-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/29\/ministry-of-agriculturemeet-the-farmer-elvis-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Of Agriculture:Meet The Farmer \u2013 \u00a0Elvis Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since he was sixteen, he started farming; after almost 30 years of being a farmer,\u00a0 Elvis\u00a0 Paul has over eight (8) acres of land cultivated. Just as other farmers in the area where he farms, (Windsor, St. Andrew ) Paul cultivates root crops such as dasheen, sweet potatoes and tannia, along with\u00a0 bananas, plantains, and cabbages, which he supplies to the Marketing and National Importing Board (MNIB) and local vendors.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While he plants a variety, he prefers planting dasheen and cabbages. \u201cDasheen is one of my favourite foods and cabbages are some of the easiest crops to harvest because you just have to cut and pack,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Throughout his farming career he believes\u00a0 the timely fertilisation of crops ,cleaning crops and proper irrigation were ideal practices that have contributed to his success today as a farmer. As a full-time farmer, he disclosed what a typical day is like for him. \u201cEvery day, my wife and I are here on the farm; we find something to do. If we\u2019re not here we are on other portions of land working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elvis identified money and labour as two of his major challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes farming is okay, but other times it might be challenging. Sometimes we do not get the market for the crops, other times,\u00a0 we plant and there is a flood, because of the weather conditions and we are affected. Having money to also pay for labour is also one of our challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also pays attention to the weather conditions, to plant the crops, as he disclosed that water\u00a0 as one of his other challenges.<\/p>\n

Irrespective of these challenges, Paul, a resident of Mirabeau, said he will continue in Agriculture and has plans to get into new types of crops in the next five to ten years. \u201cI will like to go into ginger and\u00a0 increase my production of cabbages.\u201d<\/p>\n

For persons wishing to become farmers, he encourages them to develop the proper mindset, as\u00a0 this career comes with many challenges. \u201cYou can\u2019t just think about the money, you have to have a bit of love for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Persons\u00a0 wishing to purchase from Elvis Paul can contact him\u00a0 by phone- 473-417-2093.<\/p>\n

Things to note about Elvis Paul:<\/em><\/p>\n