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The governments of Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana have agreed to collaborate on a new food import initiative aimed at reducing the cost of living by securing cheaper fruits, vegetables, and other produce for the local market.
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Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant said the Cabinet has instructed Agriculture Minister Anthony Smith Jr. to coordinate with his Guyanese counterpart to facilitate the arrangement, following discussions between Prime Minister Gaston Browne and President Irfaan Ali at the COP30 conference in Belize.
“The aim is to secure cheaper fruits and vegetables and other food items at a cheaper rate,” Merchant said during Thursday’s post-Cabinet media briefing.
“We should see some further reduction in prices once this strategy is implemented.”
Merchant noted that the collaboration is part of the government’s broader effort to lower food costs and enhance food security. It follows the Cabinet’s earlier decision to reduce the Common External Tariff on essential food items such as fresh produce, canned proteins, and infant foods.
Nearly 90 percent of Antigua and Barbuda’s imported foods currently come from North America, a dependence that has made local prices vulnerable to global market shifts.
The Guyana agreement, officials said, is designed to diversify supply sources within CARICOM while ensuring that consumers benefit directly from lower import costs.
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This fool is going to put Antiguan farmers out of business.
@Mr Byam…… Why you nah hush ya backside?! Damn xenophobic skint.
Mr. Byam, a Guyanese KNUCKLE you real good or something?
So what is going back in the containers? The PM forgot that side of the equation?
You Gaston destroy dunbars agricultural station on friars Hill road to sell the arable lands to syrians and white people and for your politicians that was used to create the empirical data to grow our food, then up under Irfan Ali arm like deodorant for supervision on how to feed our self.
Is this a smart guy?
Why don’t you go home and leave us in peace.
What kind of fruits we getting from Guyana? As for vegetables what do that have that our farmers don’t?
Not having the Vegetables is not the issue the big issue is how is it going to be shipped here so it will be cheaper by what means
Strengthening regional ties is good, but we still need a real plan to boost our own food production.
Regional cooperation like this shows that the Caribbean is stronger when we work together.
We should definitely collaborate as a region to eat healthier and reduce the cost of living. Every country has some food it grows better than others so there could be some exchange that benefits all. What is also needed is to have fresh produce available in every community regularly.
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