{"id":10262,"date":"2010-06-08T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=10262"},"modified":"2010-06-08T09:19:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:19:56","slug":"agriculture-minister-gives-report-on-oecs-agriculture-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/agriculture\/agriculture-minister-gives-report-on-oecs-agriculture-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister gives report on OECS agriculture summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/matthewwalter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10263\" title=\"matthewwalter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/matthewwalter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><strong>(DNO)<\/strong> Agriculture Minister Mathew Walter says promoting agriculture business and food safety in the Eastern Caribbean were among matters discussed at the OECS Ministers of Agriculture meeting held in St Kitts recently.<\/p>\n<p>He was addressing a press conference to brief the public on the meeting which was held from May 31 to June 01, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Walter said the ministers mandated the OECS secretariat to further develop the proposed new programme for OECS agriculture, paying special attention to identifying a set of agricultural products in which the OECS region has a competitive production and trading advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministers agreed to designate a focal point from the ministries of agriculture to actively collaborate with the OECS Secretariat in the further elaboration and implementation of the proposed agriculture priorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism consultant Sobers Esprit and a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Samuel Carrette also accompanied the Agriculture Minister to the meeting at the Marriot Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(DNO) Agriculture Minister Mathew Walter says promoting agriculture business and food safety in the Eastern Caribbean were among matters discussed at the OECS Ministers of Agriculture meeting held in St Kitts recently. 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