Agriculture

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 10, 2021) -- The Christmas season is nearing and the Abattoir Division in the Department of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), is urging the public…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 04, 2021) -- “There’s a lot of money to be made in pig production,” so says Mr. Rohan Claxton, Livestock Extension Officer with responsibility for Production on the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 04, 2021) -- Small ruminant production is another area on which the Department of Agriculture is focusing, in keeping with its thrust to ensure food security on Nevis.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts - The TDC Group of Companies has been recognized for its contribution to the advancement of the agricultural sector in St. Kitts and Nevis. The company received the Best Input…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 20, 2021) - - His Excellency Michael Lin, Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to St. Kitts and Nevis, has expressed excitement at the level of cultivation…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 19, 2021)- - Several members of staff at the Ministry and Department of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) have been awarded for their hard work and…

Photo caption: Mr. Leroy Thompson (l) presented with an award from Deputy Premier Hon. Alexis Jeffers (r), Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration for Livestock Farmer of the Year…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 15, 2021) – The following is an address by Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration on the occasion of World Food Day on October…

Source: Inter American Institute For Cooperation On Agriculture Press Release:– Coordinated efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean are required to overcome African swine fever, given that its…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 04, 2021 (SKNIS): The pathway for reforms and enhanced production in the agricultural sector in St. Kitts and Nevis over the next decade has been mapped out and was…

At the virtual meeting scheduled for 1-2 September, the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas will discuss such topics as the Hemisphere’s common position toward the UN Food Systems Summit, the…

Media Release Courtesy of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Friday, August 27, 2021 — As part of the international efforts to help Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 17, 2021) -- Charlestown’s popular peanut vendor Mr. Calvin “Nuts Man” Williams of Gingerland who sells parched and boiled peanuts outside of Best Buy Supermarket has…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 13, 2021) - - Members of the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) Cabinet visited the Indian Castle Vegetable and Fruit Farm on Thursday, August 12, 2021, and have…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 11, 2021) -- The influx of sargassum, a brown seaweed with berry-like air bubbles, is causing havoc on the fishing industry in Indian Castle and other parts of St. Kitts…