Grenada Ministry of Agriculture formulates Mitigation and Response Plan

(Now Grenada) The Ministry of Agriculture empathises with the entire tri island state, as this country contends with the effects of Covid-19, and wishes to inform the public of the formation of its Covid-19 National Food Security Mitigation and Response Plan, geared at bringing a level of relief to farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector and by extension the entire population.

This plan, which is a collaborative effort by the ministry, MNIB and other stakeholders, highlights the impending impact of Covid-19 on the country’s food security and mitigation efforts to increase production and productivity within the agricultural sector.

As a result of this pandemic, food security has become a major priority as consumers have recognised the need for a more secure domestic food supply, and a food supply chain that is less reliant on imported food.

As such, the Covid-19 National Food Security Mitigation and Response Plan will provide relief through the following activities:

• The implementation of a restructured Farm Labour Support Programme to establish 200 acres of staple food crops and vegetables, in collaboration with commercial farmers.
• Provision of agriculture inputs for small-scale and backyard farmers.

Read more at: Now Grenada

Source: CARICOM TODAY