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Agriculture has been an important industry in Antigua and Barbuda since it was colonised in the 1600s. Today, less than five per cent of the population works in agriculture, [1] and agriculture only contributes to 2.1% of the GDP. The primary crops exported by Antigua and Barbuda are bananas, coconuts, and other tropical fruits and vegetables.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Barbuda Affairs adopted the "Green Island" concept to guide the redevelopment of Barbuda’s agriculture sector. This initiative emphasizes organic agriculture, food safety compliance, water-efficient farming, intensive small ruminant systems, value-chain development, and biodiversity preservation. [2]
The decline in the sugar industry left 60% of the country's 66,000 acres (270 km 2) under government control, and the Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging self-sufficiency in certain foods in order to curtail the need to import food, which accounts for about 25% by value of all imports. Crops suffer from droughts and insect pests, and cotton ...
Ministry Minister Permanent secretary Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships: Gaston Browne: Sean Cenac Ministry of Legal Affairs, Public Safety, Immigration and Labour
Work groups in the scope of Agriculture in Antigua and Barbuda This page was last edited on 16 September 2023, at 17:00 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
She served as Minister in the Ministries of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources [3] & Agro-Industry and of Legal Affairs [4] respectively in the Government of Antigua & Barbuda from 2004 – 2014. She has held several leadership positions in non-governmental organizations in Antigua and Barbuda and is an Executive Director of the Caribbean ...
Betty's Hope was a sugarcane plantation in Diamonds, Antigua.It was established in 1650, shortly after the island had become an English colony, and flourished as a successful agricultural industrial enterprise during the centuries of slavery.
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