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  2. Agriculture and fisheries in the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Jomo Campbell - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Cabinet of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Other key responsibilities include administering the Office of the Prime Minister, the Government Printing Department, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Lands and Surveys as well as advising the Prime Minister on policy. The current Secretary of the Cabinet is Mrs. Nicole Campbell.

  5. Economy of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Bahamas is approximately $5.7 billion with tourism accounting for 50%, financial services nearly 20% and the balance spread among retail and wholesale trade, fishing, light manufacturing and agriculture. [9]

  6. Nassau, The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Nassau had a population of 128,420 females and 117,909 males and was home to 70,222 households with an average family size of 3.5 according to the 2010 census. [19] Nassau's large population in relation to the remainder of the Bahamas is the result of waves of immigration from the Family Islands to the capital. Consequently, this has led to the ...

  7. List of ambassadors of the United States to the Bahamas

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    "U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Bahamas". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005; United States Department of State: Background notes on the Bahamas This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

  8. Clay Sweeting - Wikipedia

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    Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for Central and South Eleuthera; Incumbent. ... On 20 September 2021 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Marine ...

  9. Perry Christie - Wikipedia

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    Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. [1] He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behind Sir Roland Symonette who was first elected to parliament in 1925 and served until 1977 ...