The St. Kitts and Nevis gov­ern­ment has wel­comed the de­ci­sion by the St. Vin­cent and the Grenadines based Lynch Caribbean Bro­kers Ltd. To in­clude the twin is­land Fed­er­a­tion in the Re­gion­al Eco­nom­i­cal Agri-In­sur­ance Pro­gramme (REAP).

The in­sur­ance pro­gramme was an­nounced dur­ing the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed 19th Caribbean Week of Agri­cul­ture (CWA 2025), held here and Agri­cul­ture, Fish­eries and Ma­rine Re­sources Min­is­ter, Samal Dug­gins, said that the in­sur­ance pro­gramme should be viewed as a vi­tal pil­lar for na­tion­al re­silience and re­gion­al in­no­va­tion.

“Agri­cul­ture and fish­eries re­main at the heart of our na­tion’s food se­cu­ri­ty, liveli­hoods, and eco­nom­ic re­silience. Yet, farm­ers and fish­ers are in­creas­ing­ly vul­ner­a­ble to risks be­yond their con­trol—cli­mate change, un­pre­dictable weath­er pat­terns, nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, pests, and mar­ket volatil­i­ty” he added.