Rowley satisfied with agriculture progress

Marper Farm and three national reforestation and watershed rehabilitation nurseries currently boast more than one million seedlings.

The Prime Minister said, “For the better part of last year and this year, we are focusing on cultivating planting material because we believe that if we provide people who have the aptitude for planting with the right planting material, then it will go a long way towards boosting the agricultural sector.” Rowley was optimistic that based on what he saw during his visit that within the next two to three years, the unavailability of planting material will no longer be an issue.

Saying this was an important part of phase one of increasing domestic production, Rowley said, “I hope that when we begin to plant more, that we will eat what we produce because that is the only way we can reduce the import bill.”