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establishment of Agricultural Settlements by desilting irrigation/drainage
channels, construction of cylinder crossings and providing access roads,
drains, electricity, water and other physical infrastructure in various
locations including Ramlal Street in Caroni and Streatham Lodge in St.
George East
survey and Sub-division of State Lands to establish legal boundaries to state
lands in the Regional Administration North Area involving approximately
280 plots of land
Accelerated Pond Construction for the design and construction of irrigation
ponds to provide on-farm water storage at agricultural food basket areas
Food Basket Road Programme which allows the rehabilitation of roads and
bridges for farmers along 200km of roads and to facilitate easy access to and
from agricultural holdings located in 69 major food basket areas in Trinidad
sustainable Management of Agricultural Water which allows for the
installation of on-farm irrigation systems
279.
The Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited (EMBD)
will be allocated $150 million to compensate contractors and for continued development
of lands at Caroni and Orange Grove Estates.
280.
Under the Water Management and Flood Control Programme the Ministry of
Food Production will undertake to improve water management infrastructure. An
injection of $3 million will be provided to install communal irrigation systems at the
Moruga Food Crop Project (300 ha), Orange Grove Project (600 ha) and Edinburgh Food
Crop Project (478 ha). Also included in the programme is the construction/rehabilitation
of farm ponds, development of water control structures and desilting of channels.
Small Scale Packing Houses
281.
The Ministry of Food Production continues to establish small scale packing
houses in agricultural production clusters in an effort to address the business aspect of
agriculture. This project will provide effective marketing of produce and adequate
packing and processing facilities to allow farmers to add value to their goods by
packaging them in a timely manner for supply to a wide area of markets. A total of $5
million will be allocated for this initiative in 2014.
Fisheries
282.
Development of the fisheries sub sector remains a major priority of the Ministry
of Food Production. This will be promoted through research in fish stocks and provision
of facilities at fish landing sites to ensure compliance with international sanitary and
environment standards. The sum of $20 million will be invested in 2014 in the following
projects:
