{"id":301133,"date":"2023-04-04T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=301133"},"modified":"2023-04-03T23:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T03:36:39","slug":"government-pledges-5-million-dollars-to-dexia-to-expedite-farmers-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/government-pledges-5-million-dollars-to-dexia-to-expedite-farmers-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Government pledges $5 million dollars to DEXIA to expedite farmers&#8217; pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301134\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-301134\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Roland-Royer-delivering-remarks-at-launching-of-NAYA-1-642x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roland Royer delivering remarks at launching of NAYA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agriculture Minister Roland Royer has announced that the government will make funding available through a special facility under an ongoing agriculture programme to benefit farmers on the island this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made the announcement during the launching ceremony of the National Youth in Agriculture (NAYA) Programme held at the State House Conference Center on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe also recognize the issues surrounding timely payments to you as farmers and the access to consistent markets and reliable markets, I must say,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He explained that in the last budget address, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced that $5 million would be made available to the Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) so that farmers will be paid within 24 to 36 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd also he mentioned that investment would have been made for the expansion of regional markets by investing in refrigerated containers and the development of Buy Dominica Depots in strategic islands in the Caribbean,\u201d Royer stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cSo today, I am happy to announce that the financing of these initiatives and other interventions such as support to livestock farmers, support to the modernization of a cropping system, restoration and development of fish landing sites, and support to agro-enterprises, that funding will be made available through a special facility under the ongoing agriculture programme by next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royer said young farmers will stand to benefit from these programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou as young farmers will stand to benefit from these programmes and many other initiatives which we are currently undertaking at the ministry and those we are currently designing,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister Roland Royer has announced that the government will make funding available through a special facility under an ongoing agriculture programme to benefit farmers on the island this week. 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