The devastating effects of the\u00a0 La Soufriere Volcano to St. Vincent and the Grenadines\u00a0 (SVGs) agricultural sector has been placed under the microscope, the concern of food security for the Southern Caribbean. In this regard, the Government of\u00a0 Grenada through the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Forestry , is mobilizing support for its CARICOM sister nation and\u00a0 continues to assist the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cSt.Vincent will come back with a bang, we are here,\u00a0 prepared to help them; this is not a competition between us and St.Vincent, or us and St.Lucia\u00a0 or with Barbados , it is simply all of us, taking advantage of whatever comparative advantages we have\u00a0 to ensure that food production is increased\u00a0 and to ensure that all of us\u00a0 in the region reduce that\u00a0 enormous food import bill,\u201d said Hon.Peter David, Minister for Agriculture, Lands and Forestry.<\/p>\n
Grenada aims to fill the vacuum, ensuring that\u00a0 food supply and\u00a0 production continues, along with the\u00a0 stabilisation of crops . One of the mechanisms\u00a0 proposed by the Agriculture Minister\u00a0 is\u00a0 beefing up local production\u00a0 to\u00a0 satisfy the market that exists in the region, especially with root crops,a major export crop from SVG.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know St.Vincent and the Grenadines is known for its root crop production;yam, dasheen, tannia, eddoes; all of these are normally supplied to the Southern Caribbean in large amounts;while there will be a shortage\u00a0 we\u00a0\u00a0 have present production in the ground\u00a0 that we can utilise to satisfy the market.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local farmers and farmer\u2019s\u00a0 organisations, along with the Marketing and National Importing Board were\u00a0 key\u00a0 players\u00a0 identified by David , while addressing Government’s weekly Post Cabinet Briefing in St.George\u2019s on\u00a0 Wednesday 21st April.<\/p>\n
David also disclosed that\u00a0 Grenada\u2019s approach incorporates\u00a0 SVG\u2019s livestock population, which has been affected by a lack of forage ( feed) , in that country. He affirmed that through talks with the Government and a local farmer, accommodations made through the Vet and Livestock Department , to transport some animals to Grenada.<\/p>\n
Grenada’s government has already committed one million dollars in support to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to deal with the impact of the explosive eruptions of the La Soufriere volcano, which erupted April 9, for the first time in 42 years.\u00a0 Added to that, the island accommodated a<\/p>\n
number of evacuees from St.Vincent, providing that they met specific guidelines requiring incoming persons to have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of arrival in Grenada, along with<\/p>\n
appropriate travel documents.<\/p>\n
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