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Women and youth to benefit from H&L Agro flood relief donation

H&L Agro flood relief donation

November 2020

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Floyd Green (centre) listens attentively to a point made by Deputy Chief Executive Officer of H&L, Olive Downer Walsh, at a ceremony to hand over agricultural supplies in support of the ministry's emergency relief programme for farmers affected by flood damage, at the Ministry's Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on November 24. 

 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says it will ensure that women and the youth benefit from a donation of input supplies by H&L Agro valued at $3 million, to assist them in recovery following recent weeks of heavy rains, which damaged farms and caused flooding.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green said a suitable model, which is efficient and transparent, must be adopted to distribute the items, which include pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and seeds of lettuce, carrot and onions.

“We want these inputs to get to the farmers in the quickest possible time in a very open and transparent way that can stand up to scrutiny and we must make special provisions for youth and our women. Oftentimes they are disproportionately dealt with in these emergencies and issues that affect our agriculture sector,” the minister said.

 

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