By: Chaïra Flanders
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 9, 2020 (ZIZ News): Director of Agriculture in St. Kitts, Melvin James is commending those persons doing their part to enhance the agricultural sector during the Coronavirus pandemic.
While speaking at a recently held National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) briefing, Mr James recognized a group of farmers and land operators in Mansion for offering to provide more than 20 acres of land for food security.
“I wish to single out the Mansion farmers group at this time who after our crops meeting two Sundays ago, who readily set aside some 25 acres that we can use in the stimulus package and they’re just waiting on the green light from the department to get started”, James expressed.
He said some persons have used the crisis as an opportunity to complain and criticize without making suggestions but commended the farmers who are anxious to lend a helping hand.
The Director also thanked “those who have called or posted ideas about land prep, cultivation and ways to get things done”.
He then used the opportunity to encourage other groups and farmers to join together to help lessen the blow of a potential fallout caused by the global impact of the novel coronavirus disease.