Antigua and Barbuda
Website For Agriculture
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- Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:24
- By caribarena news
A website is being built for the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment, following the 29th executive committee meeting of the Inter American Institute for Corporation on Agriculture (IICA), held in Costa Rica
Minister Hilson Baptiste said Antigua was the only country without an agriculture website. “Every country has stepped up to the plate technological…we are losing out in Antigua,” he said.
Technology to boost agriculture was the main focus of the discussions. This session was dubbed one of the most important for agriculture and rural life in the Americas.
Technology, the minister noted, can assist in food security and cut production costs.
“That is the new direction that we will have to take in Antigua & Barbuda,” he said. “Any country that is serious about agriculture has to consider going the technological route.”
The team of ministers from 34 countries visited several farms in Costa Rica.
“I was thrilled to see the line of production," Baptiste said. "All the different aspects of agriculture on the farm were controlled by computer.”
Like Costa Rica, Baptiste noted that Antigua cannot produce all crops on a large scale.
He noted however, “We must stick to standards, (and) food safety and sell our programmes properly.”
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2 Comments In This Article
AntiguA
just wondering
lewis
Q: Who will now own the Ministry of Agriculture Website and all of GOVT ministries sites? HOPE its not the same person.
Q: Does DR. of Information knows about this? Why he has not done anything about it?
lisa
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