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$12.7 million dollars have been allocated in the 2011\/12 National Budget to the Ministry of Agriculture to continue implementing programmes that would increase the output of agricultural commodities.<\/p>\n$12.7 million dollars have been allocated in the 2011\/12 National Budget to the Ministry of Agriculture to continue implementing programmes that would increase the output of agricultural commodities.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made mention of the support to the Horticulture programme, which is responsible for the increase that is being recorded in the non-banana crop sub-sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hoped that significant increases in local production can result in some of these products being exported and the income of farmers increased as a result,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the Prime Minister a critical area for improvement is the strengthening of the Plant and Quarantine Services to enable improved, safer and more effective pest control options, which will result in safer food and reduced risk to human and environmental health.<\/p>\n
He said these programmes will ensure also that the investments being made in the crop sector, particularly bananas, plantains and citrus, are protected.<\/p>\n
\u201cA project intended to increase livestock production is the pork and poultry Project.\u00a0 Funded with resources from the Government of Venezuela, this project will see the construction of a modern abattoir.\u00a0 These facilities, we expect, will encourage increased production of local meats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cMadam Speaker, DEXIA has been given the responsibility for the operations of the Packing Houses.\u00a0 No doubt, the Packing Houses will boost the quality of the produce that is placed on the market, will serve to regulate supplies and will be an avenue for measuring more accurately agricultural output.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"$12.7 million dollars have been allocated in the 2011\/12 National Budget to the Ministry of Agriculture to continue implementing programmes that would increase the output of agricultural commodities. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made mention of the support to the Horticulture…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":38623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n