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Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants the country to ramp of agricultural production in anticipation for possible food shortage that may result from the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>

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Many factories around the world have come to a halt and production in several industries have slowed as cities and even countries are placed on lockdown to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow God forbid, and it disrupts trade and we are unable to get food into the country within maybe a three-week period, it\u2019s gonna be mayhem and we have to anticipate a worst case scenario even though we pray that there will be a vaccine or some solution within the short run, I mean, within a matter of maybe weeks or months even though the projections are that, you know, there may not be a vaccine after all of the different processes before next year\u201d, Prime Minister Browne told state media.<\/p>

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The government wants agricultural production to increase in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019ve asked them, in the case of the police force to get the prisoners to increase their production and we will make additional resources to them. We\u2019ve also asked the soldiers in the Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force, through the Commander, to increase their production as well\u201d, Browne revealed.<\/p>

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\u201cWe intent to increase the production within our schools, we are asking our farmers as well to ramp up their efforts to grow more food and even the government\u2019s farm at Diamonds, we will also be ramping up, we\u2019ll be growing more food\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Residents are also being encouraged to do their part by creating backyard gardens at their homes.<\/p>\n

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