The Ministry of Agriculture is pressing ahead towards its goal of achieving a twenty-five percent reduction in the country’s food import bill by the year 2025, by partnering with a group of local farmers who have agreed to focus their production on specific crops. The crops identified by the ministry as part of its Crop […]
Land-based aquaculture will be expanded in 2024, as part of the St. Kitts’ Department of Marine Resources strategy to reduce the Federation’s food import bill by 25 percent in 2025. Aquaculture covers the rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food. Director of Marine Resources, Randel Thompson, said that an important […]
(MOA) In a significant move to transform the marine sector, the Department of Marine Resources St. Kitts and Nevis is gearing up to establish sea moss production exhibition sites over the next few weeks as a pivotal component of its Transformation Strategy 2024. This was revealed by the Director of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Mr. […]
In a significant move towards enhancing the agricultural landscape, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives partnered with the St. Kitts Farmers Consortium as part of efforts to strengthen the relationship between farmers and supermarkets. This began with a series of meetings led by Permanent […]
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives is partnering with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) this week to host a BroilerTraining Consultation in an effort to develop the broiler poultry industry in St. Kitts and Nevis. The training session which is slated to be held in the Conference Room at […]
(SKNIS) – With the passage of the amendments to the Cannabis Act in the National Assembly on Monday, November 20, the responsibility for the buildout of a thriving medicinal cannabis industry now lies with the Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Samal Duggins. Before the amendments were approved during Monday’s sitting, the responsibility for the Medicinal Cannabis […]
(SKNIS) – From Saturday, November 18 to Saturday, November 25, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives will be hosting a week of activities in observance of World Fisheries Day 2023. World Fisheries Day is celebrated globally on November 21 annually. The activities organized during the week of celebration in St. Kitts and Nevis […]
(SKNIS): The government’s plans to enhance local food production while carefully balancing other demands for land, water and financial resources will be discussed during Wednesday’s (October 18) edition of InFocus. Miguel Flemming, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, along with Director of Agriculture, Jeanelle Kelly, will appear on the programme as part of the October 14 […]
St. Kitts was once known as the Gibraltar of the West Indies for its domination of 18th- century colonial battles. How the island rose to become the world’s leader in sugarcane cultivation, an inspiration for the industrial revolution in the process.
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