Nevis Agricultural Minister – Robelto Hector (C)
Charlestown, Nevis
September 24, 2008
Minister of Agriculture on Nevis Hon. Robelto Hector, told members of the Nevis Agro Processors, and St. Kitts Farmers Cooperatives and the Nevis Growers Association, that they should use a multiplying effect with any assistance they received from donor agencies. The advice came as he welcomed Canadian High Commissioner to Barbados and the OECS His Excellency David Marshall to Nevis, on September 22, 2008, at Prospect.
“Let us not have boundaries let us see to it that we can be greater exporters, let us see to it that we can assist import substitution, let us see to it that we can make sure that food security is alive and well and its because of you,” he said.
Mr. Hector thanked the Ambassador for the Canadian Governments continued assistance to Nevis, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He noted that at least 90 percent of Caribbean students had received scholarships to pursue studies in agriculture and today the islands were benefiting from agriculture including Nevis.
The High Commissioner used the opportunity to congratulate the Cooperatives in their efforts on how far they had come and assured of the Canadian Government’s continued assistance.
