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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

Al­though the agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor saw a slight re­duc­tion in fund­ing to $1.13 bil­lion, down from $1.183 bil­lion last year, stake­hold­ers re­main op­ti­mistic that the gov­ern­ment’s re­newed fo­cus on tech­nol­o­gy, in­no­va­tion, and food se­cu­ri­ty could trans­form lo­cal farm­ing and re­duce T&T’s de­pen­dence on im­ports.