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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.
In 2018, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) donated $5,000 worth of equipment to support the beekeeping industry in Antigua and Barbuda.
American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine [1] [2] Metropolitan University College of Medicine (MUCM) [3] University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) [1] [4] University of the West Indies at Five Islands [5] [6]
The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) [1] carries out research and development for agriculture in the Caribbean region. [2] Its headquarters are on the campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), at St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago and it also has national offices throughout the region.
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 ...
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Khairahani Agriculture Campus, Chitwan Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus, Ilam (IAAS/Tribhuvan University), B.Sc. Horticulture [ 55 ] Gokuleshwor Agriculture & Animal Science College (GAASC), Baitadi [ 56 ]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Antigua and Barbuda responsible for conducting and organising foreign affairs, trade, and Barbuda affairs.
Born in Swetes, Antigua, Samuel attended the All Saint’s Government School.After graduating he worked as a surveyor trainee for the Public Works Department. He began teaching in 1957 at the Swetes Government School and, in 1964, was appointed headmaster at the John Hughes Primary School and also Jennings Secondary School .