PROJECT AND PROGRAMMES
RECOMMENDED FOR PRIORITY FUNDING
UNDER CORE PSIP
ESTIMATED
TOTAL COST
OF PROJECT
$TT Mn.
YEAR OF
COMMENCE-
MENT
FINANCING
ARRANGEMENTS
PROJECT
EXPENDITURE
2014 TT$ Mn.
GOVERNMENT
FUNDING
REQUIREMENTS
2014 TT$Mn
DETAILS OF ACTIVITY 2014
Agriculture and Food Security
Agriculture
78.180
78.180
Agricultural Land Development, Trinidad
7.502
Annual
General Revenue
7.502
7.502
Establishment of agricultural settlements; continuation of
survey and subdivision of state lands, establishment of a
national agricultural land information system and inventory
of state lands; and development of sustainable
management of agricultural water-on-farm irrigation.
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Development Programme, Tobago
23.600
Annual
General Revenue
24.900
24.900 Establishment of Tobago Heritage Land "Trust";
construction of agricultural access roads; continuation of
the Cocoa Rehabilitation Project; establishment of a
microbiology laboratory at Hope; development of the
Banana Industry; Establishment of root and tuber crop
planting material repository - Lure Estate; construction of
well extension to existing irrigation system; Establishment
of an agricultural land information system; and
continuation of sub-division of estates.
Fisheries Development Programme,
Trinidad
3.250
Annual
General Revenue
2.000
2.000
Continuation of the Trinidad and Tobago Marine
Fisheries Research Project; Community-based
Aquaculture programmes; and research on the inshore/
coastal fisheries.
Improvements to Markets and Abattoirs,
Trinidad
4.200
Annual
General Revenue
4.200
4.200
Upgrade of markets and abattoirs by Local Government
Authorities.
Research and Development Programme
17.650
Annual
General Revenue
27.478
27.478 Establishment of small scale packing houses in
agricultural clusters; Conservation and preservation of
Buffalypso; Continuation of programme of livestock
improvement and research at Sugarcane Feeds Centre;
enhancement of artificial breeding service capabilities;
management and control of infectious diseases;
establishment of the Mandatory Citrus Quality Programme
for revitalization of the citrus industry; integration of pest
management strategies and expansion of the Sanitary,
Phytosanitary and Food Safety Capabilities of Trinidad &
Tobago and strategies for the management of Avian
Influenza; and refurbishment of irrigation facilities at La
Reunion.
Land Administration Programme
10.000
1999
General Revenue
4.500
4.500
Continuation of preservation and restoration of cadastral
land records and development of electronic protection
devices for map products of the Lands and Surveys
Division.
Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme (Phase I)
2.500
2003
General Revenue
1.000
1.000
Development of cocoa seed garden, rehabilitation of 55
acres of cocoa fields at Mora Valley and repairs to access
roads and bridges at the La Reunion Estate.
PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2014
TRANCHE III
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