A new four-year agricultural project has been designed to enhance the quality of agricultural produce for consumers, said Acting Director of Agriculture Ian Chapman.
Called the ‘Vegetable, Fruit and Upland Crop Quality and Safety Improvement Project’, farmers and agriculture officers would be trained in a series of programs over a four-year period, courtesy funding and technical support from the Republic of China on Taiwan, in collaboration with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.
The US$3.2 million project would help to improve crop yield by addressing various problems associated with pesticide management and post harvest management and testing, Mr. Chapman explained.
A component of the project promotes less dependency on chemical fertilizers and the increasing use of organic fertilizers, thus promoting healthier farming practices and better food products, said the agricultural official.
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