Mr. Huey Sargeant, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture on Nevis has hailed the World Food Day activities held on October 12 to17, 2020, a success.
The Ministry of Agriculture is continuing with efforts to bolster food security, access and availability by providing seeds and seedlings to groups in various communities to encourage community gardening.
Plans are in place for 2021 to continue the work of the Department of Agriculture to transform its livestock programme by implementing new systems and programmes with the re-launch of the Bayford’s Livestock Centre of Excellence.
Activities to commemorate World Food Day 2020 continued on Wednesday with the official re-launch of the Bayford’s Livestock Centre of Excellence in a ceremony held at Bayford’s Estate.
The launch of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Rabbit Rearing Project on the island of St. Kitts on Tuesday October 13, as part of week of activities marking World Food Day 2020, will not only boost food…
National Disaster Coordinator, Abdias Samuel, educated the Island Constables on how their roles have evolved as a result of the changes to be put in place in preparation for the opening of the borders. He spoke to them during a session he…
Nevis’ 2019 Farmer of the Year, 40-year old Mr Sais Persaud is fondly referred to as the ‘Melon King’ or the ‘Cane Juice Man’, not only by the staff at the Department of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), but also by his…
The boost in the Agricultural Sector along with the 2020 World Food Day theme and activities will be the topics of discussion on the Wednesday October 14 edition of Working for You on ZIZ radio.
Farmers and Backyard gardeners received just over 600 seeds and seedlings from the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the Taiwan ICDF Technical Mission during a distribution ceremony on Monday in an effort to ensure local food…
The Team Unity-led Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is committed to further enhancing the Agricultural Sector with increased developments in the Federation’s livestock farming.
St. Kitts and Nevis’ Federal Minister responsible for Agriculture, the Honourable Alexis Jeffers, said that there is an urgent need for agricultural reform to expand the sector’s contribution to the federation’s development trajectory.
As part of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Region, the IICA Delegation in St. Kitts and Nevis, in collaboration with the Ministry of…
As the federation joins countries around the world in observing World Tourism Day, Minister of Tourism Hon. Lindsay Grant made an address to the nation guided by this year’s theme “Tourism and Rural Development.”