“Now, the Ministry of Agriculture, they do have a registry of all of the farmlands in Antigua that have been leased by government and so 30 days and there is no action, then the ministry will identify farmers who have been productive and who would require additional farmlands to bring their farming up to another level, and they will be assigned these farmlands once they are capable of operating these farmlands and so it’s a simple criteria. Don’t perform, then it’s assigned to performers,” Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant explained.
Cabinet underscored that this measure is not a punitive one, but it is very necessary at this time to ensure the nation’s agricultural assets are fully contributing to food security, employment, and sustainable economic resilience.
