Tanks handed over under the Ministry’s Production Incentive Programme
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), along with farmer from New Works, Westmoreland, Pamela Robinson (second right), at the handover of water tanks at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Office in Llandilo, Westmoreland, on October 8. Others from left are Central Westmoreland Member of Parliament, George Wright, and RADA Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson. Five hundred tanks are being distributed islandwide under the Ministry’s Production Incentive Programme to alleviate the impact of drought. To date, a little over 200 tanks have been distributed and the remainder should be distributed by the end of October.
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