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Contract signing ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Blue and Green Economy signed a contract with local firm, Regional Contractors Inc., on Monday for the reconstruction of the National Abattoir.<\/p>\n

The contract is valued at EC$5,004,133.03 and underscores the government\u2019s commitment to expanding the agri-food system through investments in key agricultural infrastructure, aimed at improving food safety standards and increasing production.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>The facility which is located in Layou was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy to be here to witness yet another major intervention in our efforts to bolster agricultural production in Dominica and to assure us of our food security and our ability to reduce our food import bill,\u201d Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said while addressing the contract signing ceremony. \u201cAnd to ensure that we provide fresh meat to our population.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThis is a major investment, 5 million dollars in terms of construction, and another 1.4 million dollars in terms of additional equipment for the abattoir, so we are talking about 6.4 million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Skerrit, oftentimes it is said nothing is done in agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unfortunate thing is that sometimes the entire Ministry of Agriculture is quiet and silent on this and they don\u2019t give the facts to the people\u2026,\u201d he stated. \u201cBut the reality is agriculture has received and continues to receive major injection of funds.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that 7.3 million dollars of grants was used to procure materials for persons in the poultry and pork sub-sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we are not even talking about fisheries, fisheries is a separate entity all to itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Roland Royer stated that currently the activities at the national abattoir are suspended to facilitate reconstruction works and the plant construction.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the workers at the abattoir are reassigned to other activities within the ministry and special arrangements are being finalized with the owner of a private abattoir to purchase the birds from farmers who would normally produce for the national abattoir.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also provides the ministry with the opportunity to build [the] capacity of our local producers to do their own processing,\u201d Royer explained.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he stated that the ministry received proposals from seven firms during the procurement process.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf those seven firms, Regional Contractors were the most competitive bidder and as a result was awarded the contract in the sum of five million four thousand, one hundred and thirty-three dollars and three cents,\u201d Royer said.<\/p>\n

He revealed that the project is expected to last 12 months and be executed in two phases.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhase 1 will see the finalization of designs, with all specification and technical documents, and phase 2 will be the actual construction to be implemented within 9 months,\u201d Royer revealed.<\/p>\n

Testing of the abattoir in Layou Park began in 2015.<\/p>\n

On January 23, 2017, Johnson Drigo, who was then agriculture minister, said during the testing of the abattoir\u00a0 that 4,000 birds and 250 pigs would be slaughtered at the facility until it was tested to the maximum.<\/p>\n

The expected capacity output of the facility at the\u00a0time was 1,000 birds per hour and 50 pigs per day.<\/p>\n

Royer revealed that upon completion the new National Abattoir will have the capacity to process 4000 birds and 50 pigs per day.<\/p>\n

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