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	<title>Antigua &#38; Barbuda Agriculture</title>
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		<title>A&amp;B Women Group Poised To Benefit From IICA’s Assistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A&#38;B Women Group Poised To Benefit From IICA’s Assistance  1March 2012, St. Johns –Antigua:   A group of women comprising parents affiliated with the Clare Hall Secondary School,community members  and Home Economic teachers are poised to benefit  from training and capacity building activities being developed under the Inter-American Institutefor Corporation on Agriculture (IICA) technical corporation program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/headline/ab-women-group-poised-to-benefit-from-iica%e2%80%99s-assistance/</link>
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		<title>Antigua &amp; Barbuda Agro -Products, Arts, Craft Showcase in St. Croix Agri -Fest</title>
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Antigua&#38; Barbuda Agro-Products, Arts, Crafts Showcase in St. Croix Agri-Fest
18 February, 2012 St. Croix, USVI:- Agricultural Rainbow- Pot of Gold was the concept of the Antigua and Barbuda’s agro –product displayed during the 41st
annual Agri-Fest, which opened Saturday at the Rudolph Shulterbrant Grounds in St. Croix.
Extension Officer Sereno Benjamin explained the display featured a wide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/antigua-barbuda-agro-products-arts-craft-showcase-in-st-croix-agri-fest/</link>
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		<title>Payments for agricultural services and lands rental Now at Headquarters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing &#38; the Environment
Media Advisory
20th January 2012, St. Johns, Antigua:  Farmers and the general public are advised that effective Wednesday, 25th January 2012 all payments for agricultural services and rental of lands for the Agricultural Extension Division (A.E.D.),  will be discontinued from the Perry Bay office and move to the  Ministry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/headline/payments-for-agricultural-services-and-lands-rental-now-at-headquarters/</link>
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		<title>Policy on agriculture complete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Policy on agriculture complete
By Theresa Gordon &#8211; Thursday, January 12th, 2012.
http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=69749
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St. John’s Antigua- Help is on the way for farmers, as the Ministry of Agriculture moves to finalise a document to assist them in securing financial backing from local institutions.
Director of Agriculture Jedidiah Maxime said farmers in the country have had their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/policy-on-agriculture-complete/</link>
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		<title>Director Outlines Agriculture’s Successes; Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Outlines Agriculture’s Successes; Challenges
January 9, 2012, St. John: Antigua – Against the backdrop of scarce resources, unseasonal rainfall and the instability of input /implements prices on the world market in 2011, the Ministry Of Agriculture, Lands, Housing &#38; the Environment (MALHE) has made significant inroads maneuvering these challenges hampering its performance, thanks to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/headline/director-outlines-agriculture%e2%80%99s-successes-challenges/</link>
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		<title>Agriculture Thrust for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture, Land, Housing &#38; the Environment 
 With Antigua and Barbuda’s focus on services as the means to achieve our growth and development aspirations, the contribution of agriculture to annual economic output has declined steadily to less than 2 percent.
However, the objectives of food security and generating or persevering foreign exchange have brought renewed focus on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/headline/agriculture-thrust-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &amp; NATURAL RESOURCES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VACANCY NOTICE:  DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &#38; NATURAL RESOURCES
Marine Park Coordinator
 
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources is in the process of filling the position of Marine Park Coordinator.
 
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES (not all inclusive)
The Marine Park Coordinator, under the supervision of the CZM Director, is responsible for the program development and implementation in a manner consistent with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/department-of-planning-natural-resources/</link>
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		<title>DCA Sets the Record Straight: on &#8220;UNSIGHTLY VENDORS VIOLATING BUILDING CODES”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ RESPONSE TO ARTICLE, “UNSIGHTLY VENDORS VIOLATING BUILDING CODES”
In the Daily Observer Newspaper dated November 29, 2011, Ms. Mary John wrote an article that is very misleading and uninformed.  Ms. John began by stating that vendors have erected structures in areas in total breach of the Building Code.  There is no-where in the Building Code that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/dca-sets-the-record-straight-on-unsightly-vendors-violating-building-codes%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>FISHERIES VACANCIES: NEMMA Manager; Manager, Urlings Fisheries Complexes (non-estabished); Assistant Quality Control Officer (Non-Established)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Provide assistance to the Fisheries Officers in the areas of data collection, enforcement, coastal monitoring and quality assurance.
 
Duties:           
1.      Under the supervision of the Fisheries Officers, responsible for data analysis, collect catch and effort, biological, and socio -economic data from fishers;
2.      Under the supervision of the Fisheries Officer /the Plant Manager / the Plant Supervisor, assist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/fisheries-vacancies-nemma-manager-manager-urlings-fisheries-complexes-non-estabished-assistant-quality-control-officer-non-established/</link>
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		<title>NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY TAKE OVER AT THE CRFM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE  NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY TAKE OVER AT THE CRFM 
CRFM Secretariat, Belize City, December 20, 2011.Mr. Milton Haughton has taken over as the new Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM).  Milton Haughton, a Jamaican national, replaces Hugh Saul of Guyana who retired on 16 December 2011. Dr. Susan Singh-Renton, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agricultureantiguabarbuda.com/news/new-executive-director-and-deputy-take-over-at-the-crfm/</link>
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