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Antigua and Barbuda has secured lucrative contracts to export agricultural products into the United States and China, two of the largest markets in the world.<\/p>

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Agriculture Minister E.P Chet Greene who addressed the House of Representatives in his presentation to the national Budget 2023, said the country has secured the rights to export mangoes and avocadoes into the U.S through the efforts of a farmer, Michael Francis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis did not happen under any previous administration, but we are now in a position to make that announcement. We can also announce that we have secured the rights to export lobsters into China. Currently, the regulations are now being tweaked to allow us to export a wide range of fisheries products to the European Union countries as well,\u201d he told the nation.<\/p>

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Greene said, there is still much preparatory work to be done to make access to the EU market a reality, but he has advised his senior staff that it is a matter of priority that must occupy their attention.<\/p>

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The minister expressed the view that the agricultural sector \u2018is ripe\u2019 with opportunities and he is asking the farming community and others to grasp the prospects that come before them. On the issue of food security, Greene outlined that the government\u2019s goals for the sector are multi-layered and fall in line with the global standard for agriculture, which calls for the attainment of sustainable agricultural development, simultaneously with the delivery of food security, environmental sustainability, and economic opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe identify with this global standard, and we will not only increase food production by twenty percent, but given where we are in the sectoral development, we are committed through the investments we make as a government through bonding with our farmers, and would-be farmers and the good of our nation. We will seek to go beyond, to increase production not by twenty percent, but by twenty-five percent,\u201d he declared. He also said the aim is to reduce food imports by a matching figure of twenty-five percent and to reduce poverty by a similar percentage. He noted that this is possible based on the levels of production now taking place in the country and the opportunities available in the sector. – POINTE XPRESS<\/strong><\/p>

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