Ensuring Food Security Through Policy and Progress

The Ministry is the institutional body of the state, responsible for the formulation, articulation and implementation of all policies and plans relating to Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Transformation.

The Ministry of Agriculture is continuing its training sessions for Vincentians who are preparing to take up agricultural jobs overseas.

Training Officer at the Labour Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Adimola Williams, said that the Ministry recently conducted training for the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program.

Mr. Williams said that the capacity building programs are necessary to ensure that the local labour force is ready for assignments abroad.

 

SOURCE: National Broadcasting Corporation