(FAO), Press Release FAO provided urgent technical assistance for the agriculture sector (livestock, crops, fisheries and rural livelihoods) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
April 26, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – As many persons and organizations prepared to usher in 2021 on Old Year’s Night, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), had commenced critical discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in anticipation of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano.
The discussions led to the development of The Volcano Eruption Preparedness and Emergency Response Protocols for Agriculture through a multi-step consultation process with the different departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour, as well as development partners including the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO); SVG Meteorological Service; Ministry of Housing, Informal Human Settlement, Land and Surveys, and Physical Planning; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI).