{"id":109552,"date":"2020-04-17T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=109552"},"modified":"2020-04-17T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:00:37","slug":"minister-of-agriculture-continues-to-push-growing-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-of-agriculture-continues-to-push-growing-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Of Agriculture Continues To Push \u2018Growing Your Own\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In her<\/span><\/span> continuing efforts to push for food nutrition and <\/span><\/span>secu<\/span><\/span>rity in this Covid-19 era, <\/span><\/span>Minister of Agriculture of Agriculture, Hon. Samantha Marshall is lauding an <\/span><\/span>initiative designed to strengthen <\/span><\/span>backyard gardener<\/span><\/span>s and householders<\/span><\/span> to support this important process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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On Thursday (yesterday), <\/span><\/span>she <\/span><\/span>met with the ke<\/span><\/span>y partners of a joint project<\/span><\/span> between <\/span><\/span>the Farmers<\/span><\/span>Forum<\/span><\/span> group<\/span><\/span>, the Ministry of Agriculture, CARDI<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>the Red Cross <\/span><\/span>and the Audains`<\/span><\/span> on their farm, where thousands of seedling<\/span><\/span>s were produced for two <\/span><\/span>seedling distribution exercise<\/span><\/span>s to be held<\/span><\/span> early next week.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Red Cross <\/span><\/span>services were engaged in this project <\/span><\/span>to assist with the logistics in distribution, record keeping and to ensure that there is <\/span><\/span>a transparent approach to this initiative<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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\u201c<\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span>here is adequate record keeping as to<\/span><\/span> w<\/span><\/span>hat we have acquired, what we would be distributing and records a<\/span><\/span>nd everything would be prepared<\/span><\/span>,\u201d<\/span><\/span>Chairman of the <\/span><\/span>Farmers <\/span><\/span>Forum, Mr. Marvin Joseph<\/span><\/span> stated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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He<\/span><\/span> is urging <\/span><\/span>members <\/span><\/span>of the public to take advantage of an opportunity that is meant <\/span><\/span>to help households to<\/span><\/span> prepare<\/span><\/span> at least<\/span><\/span> a week\u2019s worth of food.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Distribution would be done at six different locations <\/span><\/span>namely – Jennings Primary, Villa Primary, Ottos Compre<\/span><\/span>he<\/span><\/span>nsive, Clare Hall Secondary, Irene B. Williams and Barbuda<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Joseph<\/span><\/span> is urging persons to pre-register so that when distribution starts<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> they would spend little or <\/span><\/span>no time at <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>distribution site<\/span><\/span>s. He said that regist<\/span><\/span>ering<\/span><\/span> on the day<\/span><\/span>s of distribution should be a last resort<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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On the first day at each location<\/span><\/span>, distribution of seedlings will <\/span><\/span>cover surnames<\/span><\/span> with the letter starting A<\/span><\/span> –<\/span><\/span> I and on the second day<\/span><\/span>, J<\/span><\/span>-Z.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Farmers Forum President said that five different crops will be available to<\/span><\/span> be distributed to 7,00<\/span><\/span>0 households. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

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He urged members of the public to get on board and get registered in order to benefit from this programme.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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According to Joseph, a <\/span><\/span>WhatsApp<\/span><\/span> message can be sent to 781-5296 or 721-6650. Once a message is sent to either<\/span><\/span> of these nu<\/span><\/span>mber<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>, persons would automatically receive a message with the registrati<\/span><\/span>on links which you can click on and complete the registration process and submit it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The distribution would take place on 20<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span> and 21<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span> A<\/span><\/span>pril from 7.30am-11.30am sharp before the 12 noon curfew.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph <\/span><\/span>said<\/span><\/span> that <\/span><\/span>almost 3,000 persons are registe<\/span><\/span>red so far and registration is ongoing. Each person would get 10 seedlings which <\/span><\/span>will <\/span><\/span>i<\/span><\/span>nclude string <\/span><\/span>bean, pumpkin<\/span><\/span>, okra, cassava and sweet potato. Each person would get two of each seedling.<\/p>\n

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Minister M<\/span><\/span>\u200barshall said<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the farmers for<\/span><\/span>um which is a <\/span><\/span>conglomerate of<\/span><\/span> a number of the farmers` <\/span><\/span>associations,<\/span><\/span> must be commended for coming up with the idea of how they can<\/span><\/span>further collaborate<\/span><\/span> with the ministry to deal with the covid-19 response<\/span><\/span> to food security and nutrition in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span>nd so as part of that<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> they said look,<\/span><\/span> we have to get seedlings going.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Minster <\/span><\/span>Marshall paid gratitude to <\/span><\/span>Mr<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> and Mrs<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>Audain along with Mr<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Joseph <\/span><\/span>and team <\/span><\/span>for taking the initiative an<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> ran with it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mrs<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Tri<\/span><\/span>cia Audain <\/span><\/span>has been laboring<\/span><\/span> on their farm<\/span><\/span> to ensure that the seedlings are rea<\/span><\/span>dy for distribution and<\/span><\/span> she also used the opportunity to thank<\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span>Red Cross<\/span><\/span> for assisting with the process.<\/span><\/span> Minister Marshall said that <\/span><\/span>their interest in seeing this project to fruition must be commended<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cA<\/span><\/span>nd they made <\/span><\/span>sure they made the preparations<\/span><\/span> using a lot of their material<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> along with some of the materials <\/span><\/span>which <\/span><\/span>we were able to assist <\/span><\/span>with through CARDI and so what they are doing now<\/span><\/span> is to ensure that there is enough seedlings for distribution which they will be responsible<\/span><\/span> for in partnership <\/span><\/span>with the Ministry of A<\/span><\/span>griculture.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More highli<\/span><\/span>ghts from other key ministry<\/span><\/span>officials and stakeholders<\/span><\/span> who were on the Audain\u2019s farm during this meeting with the minister, <\/span><\/span>will f<\/span><\/span>ollow<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In her continuing efforts to push for food nutrition and security in this Covid-19 era, Minister of Agriculture of Agriculture, Hon. Samantha Marshall is lauding an initiative designed to strengthen backyard gardeners and householders to support this important process. 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