July 22, 2010… Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment Hon. Hilson Baptiste has emphasized the need for farmers to begin to examine the sector as a business rather than a way of life.
 
The minister, made the comments, while, addressing a cross –section of farmers at the Heritage Hotel, Wednesday night, during a feed [...]

May 10th, 2010…. Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment Hilson Baptiste, has, stressed the need for increased preservation of farmland for serious, large –scale cultivation to increase sectoral investments.
 
The minister says, it is important that farmers approach the sector with the level of seriousness required, so that, they could attract funding in the [...]

 St. John’s Antigua: February 04, 2010 … Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment Hilson Baptiste, on Thursday, urged councilmen to put politicking on the back burner and unite in an effort to capitalize on the projected benefits of the Artisanal Fisheries Facilities, currently, in its implementation stage, at Codrington, Barbuda.
 “I want to urge [...]

 ST. JOHNS, DECEMBER 17, 2009 … Consultant within the Ministry Of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environnent Carlos Browne is reporting that the which was organised by the Training Center of the Ministry of Commerce in China, from November 20-December 10th ended on a high note.
 Browne and Wilbert Burke, Inspector at the Development Control Authority [...]

Hilson Baptiste, Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing, & the Environment signs the Hemispheric Ministerial Agreement for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas – Jamaica 2009
 
Delegations from 33 member countries of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are taking part in the Fifth Ministerial Meeting within the framework of the Week of Agriculture [...]

October 24, 2009… Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment Hilson Baptiste, his Technical Consultant Julius Ross and acting deputy director Jedidiah Maxime head to the 5th Hemispheric Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture, which will address strategic issues and specific mandates related to agriculture and rural life in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
The hemispheric [...]

By Nelisa Spencer – Friday, October 23rd, 2009
The Daily OBSERVER
www.antiguaobserver.com
The Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment, Hilson Baptiste, has announced that materials for the Venezuela funded housing project at North Sound will arrive in Antigua on Friday.
The materials, primarily steel, will be coming aboard a military vessel, direct from Venezuela. According to the [...]

October 20, 2009 …After decades of operation without any formal structures in place to facilitate  their enterprise an Agro –Processors Association  of Antigua & Barbuda is now officially registered under section 7 (3) of the Friendly Societies Act.
The registration came against the backdrop of the Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment Hilson Baptiste [...]

Cuban Amb talks with Hon. Hilson Baptiste (Photo by Onika Campbell)
October 8, 2009… Seven areas of mutual interest, the types and levels of technical assistance that Cuba can provide towards the short to long-term development of the agricultural sector were on the cards, Thursday, when Cuban diplomats made courtesy call at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Cuban [...]

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