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Antigua and Barbuda is spending more than $18 million annually to import produce, something Prime Minister Gaston Browne says needs to change.<\/p>

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\u201cWhat the government is seeking to do now is to increase production and to displace most of those imports,\u201d Browne said. \u201cI don\u2019t see for example why we should be importing as much as $2 million annually in onions when our conditions are such that we can grow some of the best onions anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need coconut orchards, we need avocado orchards. We import a lot of avocados, nearly $90,000 a year in avocados. Why can\u2019t we plant some of those and meet our domestic demands? Even sweet peppers, we should not be importing sweet peppers especially the green ones when we can grow them here.\u201d<\/p>

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The government is encouraging more people to get involved in farming.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda is spending more than $18 million annually to import produce, something Prime Minister Gaston Browne says needs to change. \u201cWhat the government is seeking to do now is to increase production and to displace most of those imports,\u201d Browne said. \u201cI don\u2019t see for example why we should be importing as much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAntigua\u2019s food import bill is $18 million yearly - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antigua\u2019s food import bill is $18 million yearly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antigua and Barbuda is spending more than $18 million annually to import produce, something Prime Minister Gaston Browne says needs to change. \u201cWhat the government is seeking to do now is to increase production and to displace most of those imports,\u201d Browne said. \u201cI don\u2019t see for example why we should be importing as much […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-23T21:32:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-09T23:14:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Food-Security-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Antigua\u2019s food import bill is $18 million yearly\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-23T21:32:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-09T23:14:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\"},\"wordCount\":149,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1619\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Food-Security-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguas-food-import-bill-is-18-million-yearly\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua\u2019s food import bill is $18 million yearly - 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