Over 97 farmers and other stakeholder representatives operating in the Richmond area in Agricultural Region 1, participated in a stakeholder consultation on irrigation infrastructure development held last Thursday.
The consultation was held at the Fitz Hughes Learning Resource Centre.
It forms part of the initiative by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization of the (FAO), through its Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean (FAO SLC), to support national efforts to strengthen climate resilient agriculture and promote sustainable water management by improving irrigation infrastructure and related management practices.
The current mission is the second phase of assessment that is focused on one 100-acre pilot irrigation scheme in the Richmond Valley.
Deputy Chief Agricultural officer, Colville King, told the farmers that the proposed initiative would aid in increasing production and productivity; reduce cost of production and also increase competitiveness of this country’s produce.
The Minister of Agriculture, Israel Bruce, in his remarks, emphasized the Government’s focus on the green economy as one of its four pillars for development.
