Ensuring Food Security Through Policy and Progress

The Ministry is the institutional body of the state, responsible for the formulation, articulation and implementation of all policies and plans relating to Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Transformation.

Farmers and Fisherfolk attended the Agriculture Mini Trade Fair on Tuesday, 29th March, 2023, which was hosted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Co-operative Credit Union, in collaboration with the One Saint Vincent Group OSV.

Marketing Manager at the Teachers Credit Union, Melissa Yorke-Nicholls said the Trade Fair was held at the compound of the Credit Union.

Mrs. Yorke-Nicholls said the One Saint Vincent Group (OSV) has a wide range of machinery on sale that can significantly enhance the farming and fishing industries in the country and the Teachers Credit Union has created a special loan-product to offer

additional resources to Farmers and Fisher-folk.

Mrs. Yorke-Nicholls said that program is open to all members of the public and not just members of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Co-operative Credit Union.


SOURCE: National Broadcasting Corporation