{"id":147429,"date":"2015-10-15T10:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=147429"},"modified":"2015-10-15T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:08:14","slug":"market-day-with-a-difference-in-marigot-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/agriculture\/market-day-with-a-difference-in-marigot-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Day with a Difference in Marigot off"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_147431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147431\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147431\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marigot-market-day-with-a-difference.jpg\" alt=\"Scene from a previous market day with a difference \" width=\"552\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marigot-market-day-with-a-difference.jpg 552w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marigot-market-day-with-a-difference-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scene from a previous Market Day with a Difference in Marigot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Citing challenges faced by the farming community in the Marigot area as the reason, Local Government Commissioner John Fontaine has announced that the annual Market Day with a Difference in that community, carded for this weekend, is cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The event is a permanent fixture on the country\u2019s Independence celebration calendar, but conditions before and after the passage of Tropical Storm Erika have taken their toll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPre Erika period, we had partial drought, hot period, and so that affected production and post Erika, we\u2019ve had impacts on farms,&#8221; Fontaine told DNO on Thursday. &#8220;There were landslides and the problems with access to farms and basically impacted on the production so this has caused the cancellation of Market Day with a Difference. We do apologize for the inconvenience caused and we look forward to continuing to work with our partners as we strive to build Dominica together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the decision to cancel the event was not an easy one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision was a bit difficult because the vendors and the farmers in the Marigot area look forward to Market Day with a Difference every year, the people who go and purchase the items as well but it\u2019s beyond our control so the decision had to be taken,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Fontaine pointed out that activities of such nature are economic drivers in any community and its cancellation will have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at the department of Local Government, we promote economic development and we know that the impact of the cancellation of activities like that will definitely have an impact on the local economic situation,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Market Day with a Difference is normally held in different communities to highlight the island&#8217;s agricultural produce and the farmers that grow them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Citing challenges faced by the farming community in the Marigot area as the reason, Local Government Commissioner John Fontaine has announced that the annual Market Day with a Difference in that community, carded for this weekend, is cancelled. 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