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Dominica\u2019s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy, Hon. Roland Royer (center) is the current Chair of the OECS Council of Ministers: Agriculture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica\u2019s Agriculture Minister,\u00a0 Roland Royer has called on OECS Governments to improve coordination and technical cooperation on agriculture to achieve the region\u2019s goals for food security and increased productivity.<\/p>\n

Royer, the Chair of the OECS Council of Ministers: Agriculture, addressed the 7th Meeting of the Council in Grenada on Friday, June 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that through shared knowledge, best practices, research and development, innovation and the facilitation of agricultural trade, finance, and investment we can achieve much as a grouping.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must prioritize technical and business activities that strengthen our capacity to increase the productivity and regional trade of agricultural products and the demand for healthy food to reverse the increasing trends of the incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs),\u201d the Minister stated.<\/p>\n

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