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\nMinister of Agriculture, Hon. Samantha Marshall and senior representatives within the ministry, <\/span><\/span>Food and Agriculture Organization (<\/span><\/span>FAO<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute<\/span><\/span> (<\/span><\/span>CARDI<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>met<\/span><\/span> with <\/span><\/span>large scale<\/span><\/span> farmers yesterday<\/span><\/span> afternoon (Mon) to discuss Antigua and Barbuda’s Food Security and availability in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Speaking shortly after the meeting<\/span><\/span> with the PR Department within the ministry<\/span><\/span>, Acting Dire<\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span>to<\/span><\/span>r of Agriculture, Mr. Gregory Ba<\/span><\/span>iley said that <\/span><\/span>farmers who have excess land<\/span><\/span>s that are<\/span><\/span> not under produ<\/span><\/span>ction were invited to come on board with the ministry to help craft<\/span><\/span> a strategy to de<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>l with the pending cr<\/span><\/span>isis being faced regarding the C<\/span><\/span>ovid<\/span><\/span>-19 P<\/span><\/span>andemic<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cT<\/span><\/span>he <\/span><\/span>philosophy<\/span><\/span> is for us to plan for <\/span><\/span>a <\/span><\/span>worst-case scenario and by worst-<\/span><\/span> case scenario meaning where all borders are close<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> and food production has <\/span><\/span>t<\/span><\/span>o come from inside.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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The acting director of agriculture <\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>aid that in the<\/span><\/span>initial stage of <\/span><\/span>this exercise<\/span><\/span>, steps must be taken<\/span><\/span>to<\/span><\/span> identify and<\/span><\/span> fine tune Antigua<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Barbuda\u2019s consumption requirements for selected crops.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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T<\/span><\/span>hese crop<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> he noted<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> should be selected based on food security and survival in the first instance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Following determination of the amount of acreages and types of commodities that would be required<\/span><\/span> for this project<\/span><\/span>, urgent land preparation<\/span><\/span> and the required in<\/span><\/span>puts such as seeds<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> fertilizers etc<\/span><\/span> are paramount<\/span><\/span> to ensure adequate<\/span><\/span> production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Bailey noted that the<\/span><\/span> government has <\/span><\/span>i<\/span><\/span>ncreased i<\/span><\/span>ts maintenance of its equipment including the sourcing of parts for<\/span><\/span> tractors due to the<\/span><\/span>ir<\/span><\/span>unavailability<\/span><\/span> locally. <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In <\/span><\/span>addition,<\/span><\/span> Bailey stated that the <\/span><\/span>Extension Division<\/span><\/span> along with the newly formed statistics unit<\/span><\/span> within the ministry are <\/span><\/span>already <\/span><\/span>looking <\/span><\/span>at the consumption patterns and the acreage, so<\/span><\/span>several things<\/span><\/span> are being done<\/span><\/span> simultaneously.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Bailey noted that response from the farmers<\/span><\/span> to the Ministry of Agriculture\u2019<\/span><\/span>s reaction<\/span><\/span> to the Covid-19 Pandemic was<\/span><\/span> ver<\/span><\/span>y favourable<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThey are ready;<\/span><\/span> the farmers are committed, it<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>s just for us to<\/span><\/span> do the necessary assessments, because once we come up with the acreages for food and we are in a position to do land preparation<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> we then have to come up with a plan to determine which farmers produce what and in what qua<\/span><\/span>ntities<\/span><\/span>, so there is a lot of ground work to be done.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Bailey<\/span><\/span> said that the main message from the minister to the farmers<\/span><\/span> during the meeting was a call for unity in their approach to food nutrition and security at this time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are on<\/span><\/span> the verge of a <\/span><\/span>crisis;<\/span><\/span> we don\u2019t know how it<\/span><\/span>\u2019s going to pan out;<\/span><\/span> the situat<\/span><\/span>ion is very fluid at the moment<\/span><\/span>, meaning that we could reach<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> a worst-<\/span><\/span>case<\/span><\/span> scenario before they <\/span><\/span>find a cure<\/span><\/span> or a resolution to the problem where all borders <\/span><\/span>are closed<\/span><\/span>, where we <\/span><\/span>would have<\/span><\/span> to produce for ourselves for an indefinite period<\/span><\/span> or we may find a situation tha<\/span><\/span>t<\/span><\/span> in the next few months<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> things are regularize<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He added that h<\/span><\/span>owever it pans out<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>this experience with the pandemic<\/span><\/span> is <\/span><\/span>definitely <\/span><\/span>a wake up call for all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/span>It\u2019s a w<\/span><\/span>ake up call for us because today it might be Covid;<\/span><\/span> tomorrow <\/span><\/span>It may be D<\/span><\/span>avid, who knows, and we have a pending hurricane season which is an annual cycle that\u2019s <\/span><\/span>coming;<\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span>an you imagine if we have a situation with this <\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>ovid virus prolonging into the hurricane season and we have a major hurricane, so you see the need for production <\/span><\/span>and not<\/span><\/span> only production but production with the consideration for storage.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He noted that while the meeting with farmers on the tro<\/span><\/span>u<\/span><\/span>bling issue is important<\/span><\/span>, the issue of foo<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> security is not sole<\/span><\/span>l<\/span><\/span>y an agriculture concern,<\/span><\/span> but<\/span><\/span> a national issue that must be addressed nationally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the issues that the farmers brought forth as major concer<\/span><\/span>n<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> during yesterday\u2019s meeting included<\/span><\/span> adequate water supply<\/span><\/span>, cheaper water rates<\/span><\/span> and the who<\/span><\/span>le issue of guarantee of market which were duly noted b<\/span><\/span>y <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>minister. <\/span><\/span>F<\/span><\/span>urther <\/span><\/span>on<\/span><\/span>e-<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/span>one negotiations<\/span><\/span>are expected to take place as<\/span><\/span> the farming community move<\/span><\/span>s towards a rapid<\/span><\/span> response to this<\/span><\/span> major pandemic that is crippling economies across the globe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Samantha Marshall and senior representatives within the ministry, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), met with large scale farmers yesterday afternoon (Mon) to discuss Antigua and Barbuda’s Food Security and availability in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. 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