By Admin. Updated 9:07 p.m., Thursday, 10 April 2025, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
Amid a global tariff dispute between the United States and China, which could impact local food prices, the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has imported 10,000 day-old broiler chickens to enhance domestic food production.
The chickens arrived in SVG today (10 April) from neighbouring Barbados. They add to the 35,000 chickens that were recently imported from Barbados.
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Rural Transformation, Hon. Saboto Caesar, told One News SVG that the batch of chickens was brought in under a project called Operation Home-Grown.
Operation Home-Grown is an initiative led by SVG’s Ministry of Agriculture aimed at reducing the country’s reliance on imported food.
Minister Caesar stated, “The objective is to enhance the livelihoods of our farmers by expanding diversification opportunities.”
Before this shipment, 35,000 day-old chickens were imported during the first week of April. This marks the largest single influx of day-old chicks in the nation’s history over such a short period, according to the minister.
CARICOM countries have collectively committed to reducing their food import bills by 25 percent this year.
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