Page 3 - Agric Info Newsletter 02 2017

On the 28th of August 2017, a tions and Improve Fruit and Vege- Action Producers Co-operative
ceremony was held at the E.T table Production Technology Pro- Society Limited (SOWAPCO).
Joshua Airport Grounds to hand- ject. The cooperatives that would Minister of Agriculture, Rural
over school buses and twenty- be benefiting from these new Transformation, Forestry and
four (24) pieces of agricultural equipment are Pineapple Growers Fisheries, Hon. Saboto Caesar
machinery to the Government of Cooperative (PINCO), Rabacca expressed his gratitude to H.E.
St Vincent and the Grenadines Farms Cooperative Limited
Ambassador Der-Li Liu, the Vice
from the Government of Taiwan. (RAFCO), South Rivers High
Minister of Foreign Affairs Re-
Quality Farmers’ Co-operative So-
The agricultural machinery val- public of China (Taiwan) for the
ued at Sixty-Five Thousand East- ciety Limited, Greiggs Multi- provision of the machinery. He
ern Caribbean dollars Farming Co-operative Society also noted that for many years
(EC$65,000.00) consisted of 8 Limited (GREMCO); Greiggs the citizens of St. Vincent and
sets of non-wheel type cultivators, Rastafarian Progressive multi- the Grenadines have benefited
wheel type cultivators and power purpose society limited from the bilateral relationship
sprayers which would be allo- (RASFARCO), Mt. Pleasant Farm- with Taiwan. This was especially
cated to eight (8) agricultural co- ers’ Co-operative Society Limited, so given that the first agreement
operatives established under the New Prospect Producers’ Market- signed in 1982 allowed the coun-
Strengthening Farmers’ Organiza- ing Co-operative Society Limited try to benefit from agricultural
and South Windward Farmers in

innovative systems where significant invest-
ment which was done in Orange Hill to develop
projects such as the TC culture lab, vegetable
seedling nursery, agro processing lab. He was
pleased to announce that the TC culture lab in
Orange Hill has produced ten million plantlets
including flowers, ornamentals, fruits and root
crops since 1995. He also mentioned that in
2014, the World Food Day theme was focused
on the idea of establishing cooperatives as vital
to agricultural development. The Minister com-
mended the farming groups on taking the initia-
Non-wheel type cultivators, wheel type cultivators and power spray- tive to the establish cooperatives and he also
ers

went on to encouraged the representatives from the cooperatives to put the equipment to good use to ensure fur-
ther production and productivity, “It is said that from the sweat of a man’s brow, he should eat bread. The ma-
chines are not here to prevent us from sweating but for us to eat more bread!”

The Ambassador expressed how overwhelmed he was by the solidarity exhibited by the country and was proud
to be playing a vital role in the sustainable development of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was also
pleased to announce that the agricultural equipment was made in Taiwan.

Also in attendance were Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Works, Urban Development and
Local Government, Mr. Hudson Nedd, The Minister of Transport, Works Urban Development and local Gov-