The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry, and Labour and the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force in a collaborative effort, intend to address the ongoing scourge of praedial larceny in the country.
On Wednesday 7th September 2022, the Extension and Advisory Services Division, through its technical staff in Agricultural Region Two, conducted a field training activity on inorganic fertilizers, foliar fertilizers and organic manure application rates, quantity calculations, application methods and frequency of application on the vegetable demonstration plot established on Ms. Ruthlyn Robinson's farm at Evesham, in Agricultural District 5 West. A total of twenty (20) farmers participated in the field training activity.
The FAO has undertaken an official mission to SVG to facilitate an in-country interagency workshop from 15 – 19 August, 2022. The workshop is to be delivered in the framework of the Port State Measure Agreement (PSMA) implementation capacity support project GCP/INT/313/SWE. It had as its main objective the review, adoption and signature of the draft interagency MOU, which has been developed as part of the project activities.