February 3, 2011…  In response to the frequent occurrence of grassfire in the Signal Hill   area,   The Forestry Unit within the Ministry Of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment is expected to conduct an assessment of Signal Hill, this Friday, with a view continue its rehabilitation effort in the Watershed.
On Thursday, the ministry received reports [...]

Environment Division Facilitates CEP /UNEP Collage Competition
February 3, 2011 … Caribbean Environment Program, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), would be launching a collage competition on Pollution Solution within the schools, among students 12 to 18 years, under theme “A Future that is Pollution Free – Join Hands to Protect our Caribbean [...]

January 29th, 2011….Stakeholders from the Ministries Of Agriculture and Health are expected to converge at the Multipurpose Cultural Centre  on February 9th from 9 am -12 noon during a consultation to discuss the draft Regional Food and Nurtitional Policy.
 
The Consultation was planned as a result of a recent Validation Workshop, held in Guyana, in January  [...]

Japan discusses MOU to expand sea island cotton production
By Rory Butler – Wednesday, January 26th, 2011.
Posted from The Daily Observer www.antiguaobserver.com
Chairman of the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) Lesroy Grant is urging local entrepreneurs to view sea island cotton production as a viable and safe alternative for investment in the current depressed economic climate facing the [...]

January 24, 2011…. The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands & the Environment through its’ Extension Services Department is strengthening its’ reach at the ground level to encourage and effect food safety as part of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) procedures.
Extension Officer Owolabi Elabanjo noted, farm sanitation practices cannot be over-emphasized to prevent contamination of produces. It is [...]