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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has launched “Operation Homegrown” aimed at boosting the capacity of local farmers and backyard gardeners to increase food production.
Agriculture Minister Saboto Caesar said that with the import tariffs from the United States, it is important that there should be increases in the the production of crops and poultry to meet local demands.
“We are working closely with the Zero Hunger Trust and we are going to intensify our work with the farmers’ support company…in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” Caesar said, noting “we are an importer of large quantities of poultry, we want to ensure that over the coming weeks, months, years that we reduce the importation of poultry an we increase production”.
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