Last Updated on October 21, 2025, 8:22 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a session of Pineapple production training on October 15. The officials have shared the farmers are better equipped with knowledge about pineapple production.
The event was hosted at the farm of the multi award winning agriculturist, Leon Yellowman Anthony in Ogees, St. Peters. The session which the farmers attended aimed to provide them with in depth information of various parts of food production.
The farmers were given the training in sucker selection and trimming along with fertilization, and flower induction. This is a part of the Ministry of Agriculture’s efforts to make sure that the farmers to make sure that the Agriculture Sector is equipped with all the knowledge they return.
The Ministry wants to improve crop productivity in line with the government’s 25 by 25 Agenda. The officials have shared that they want to reduce the food import bill for St Kitts and Nevis.
Ian Chapman, Crop Program Leader at the Department of Agriculture spoke to the farmers who were part of the event. He confirmed that the Ministry of Agriculture has made some investment in the Pineapple industry recently.
As such, they are bringing more and more parts of the country to be part of the initiative. Thee officials have shared that the members of the community can take part freely in the training programme.
The Ministry has bought in a little over 15,000 pineapple suckers in 2024. These pineapple suckers were subsequently distributed to the people of the island.
In line with this, the Ministry of Agriculture took it upon themselves to train the farmers of the country. The officials have shared that the members of the Agriculture should be made aware of how they can make the best use of the resources that have been given to them.
The Ministry wants to make sure that all the food producers in the island have all the tools that they need to make their pineapple farming profitable.
The agriculture experts have also confirmed that the Pineapples are extremely climate resilient crops. The Ministry believes that pineapples can help them reduce their import bills by a margin.
The officials have shared that the members of the community will also be benefit from the training programmme.
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