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In 2023, during a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Davis appointed Campbell as the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources. [5] As minister, Campbell has advocated for sustainable agriculture practices and food security, marine conservation, fisheries management, and the development of policies and programs to drive economic growth and ...
Only about 0.8% of the Bahamas' land area is arable, about 140 square km (54 square miles). [5] Most arable land is on New Providence, Abaco, Andros, and Grand Bahama islands; challenges for Bahamian agriculture include limited fresh water resources for irrigation, the difficulties of inter-island transport of goods in the archipelago, a lack of human capital, the country's small size (which ...
The number of Ministers from the Senate is limited to three. In addition the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance are required to be members of the House of Assembly. The functions of the Cabinet entail the final determination of government policy, control of government activities and coordination of government Ministries and Departments.
An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister for agriculture.
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), [1] [2] defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries.
In January 1977 he was appointed chairman of the Gaming Board, which regulates casinos in The Bahamas. Receiving the PLP's nomination for the Centreville constituency in the 1977 general election , Christie was elected Member of Parliament for that constituency, and shortly afterward appointed Minister of Health and National Insurance , and ...
Contact us; Contribute Help ... Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for Central and ... On 20 September 2021 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Marine ...
Michael Clifton Pintard (born 3 July 1964) is a Bahamian politician serving as Leader of the Free National Movement and leader of the opposition since 27 November 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marco City, Grand Bahama since 2017.