SAINT VINCENT and the Grenadines continues to be a leader in the hemisphere in its fight to reduce hunger. The island nation was notably the first OECS Member State to establish a Parliamentary Front against Hunger and Undernourishment.
In 2015, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, accepted the Zero Hunger achievement award in Rome, Italy from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
“This project will create a significant internal market for farmers.”
Minister of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hon. Saboto Caesar
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Zero Hunger Trust Fund continues to deliver to citizens in need. The Government recently launched a ‘Love Box’ initiative to provide support to families which may have experienced food vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting on May 11, Langley Park Palletisation Centre, Lauders Agro-processing Plant, La Croix Palletisation Centre and Rose Bank Community Centre will be the purchasing stations for produce from farmers for redistribution.
Farmers will be permitted to come to these facilities and retail produce to persons wishing to purchase.
The Ministry of Agriculture will also provide support to these farmers in the areas of food packaging and transportation.
Process
The process of distribution will be managed by churches and civil society organisations working in conjunction with the Ministries of Social Development and Ecclesiastical Affairs. Purchasing and delivery would be done over a 3-day period (Monday to Wednesday) on a fortnightly basis.
Minister of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hon. Saboto Caesar, said: “This project will create a significant internal market for farmers.
“This marketing and distribution support will ensure that our farmers can increase investment in production at a time when SVG’s request for food to be exported to the region is at its highest.”
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SVG has always been rich with good. It was the markets for food which was absent. Farmers could not a market for their products.
Vincy proud. So happy to see that SVG is taking a role as leader in the world in many aspects.We are a brave, strong and rezelient nation which is part of who we are.We will continue to struggle and fight for the betterment of humanity when and where we can.We are not better than anyone and no one is better than us.Though small geographically,we are big on the world stage.God Bless Yurumein.