Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) attended the IMPACTT Project Cocoa Farmers Outreach Meeting held at the Ministry’s Rio Claro Demonstration Centre.

IMPACTT (Improving Marketing and Production of Artisanal Cocoa from Trinidad and Tobago), is a project undertaken by the Cocoa Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus. (more…)

Land Tenure and Natural Resources Officer of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),Ms Aurelie Bres conducts a working session on land management and administration system, with officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries at the Ministry’s corporate headquarters in Chaguanas. (more…)

“While nature may do most of the work in replenishing the stock of fruit trees, hunters can also help in targeting specific areas where there is tree loss through age, destruction or other factors.” (more…)

In what he cited as a unique and delightful combination of youth, physical activity, health awareness and culinary expression, Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, welcomed the opportunity to be a part of a Health Fair and Food Festival, hosted by the Couva / Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce from July 27-28, 2018, in collaboration with the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation. (more…)

As of today, if you find and keep a feather of the Scarlet Ibis, be also prepared to find $100,000 to pay for breaking the law. Such was the warning of Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, as he addressed ‘would-be poachers’ during a Signing Ceremony for the Environmentally Sensitive Species (ESS) Designation of the Scarlet Ibis at the Visitors’ Centre of the Caroni Swamp on Thursday 26th July, 2018. (more…)

The public is hereby informed that the ADB’s South Branch Office will be relocating from 21st May, 2018.
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Persons attempting to use agricultural parcels for commercial purposes “may be called upon” by the Commissioner of Valuations, “to pay multi-million dollar premiums” to the taxpayers of Trinidad and Tobago. This was the caution issued to the public by the Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, at a Lease Distribution Ceremony held for VSEP workers of Caroni (1975) Limited on Friday 26th January, 2018. His statements served as “a warning” to those whom he identified as “dabbling in the sale of agricultural land”. The Ceremony which took place on the compound of the Ministry’s corporate headquarters in Chaguanas, witnessed the disbursement of some four hundred and twenty-four (424) leases; 226 of which were residential (inclusive of variations giving rise to the removal of restrictive clauses) with the remaining 198 leases for two (2)-acre agricultural plots.

Minister Rambharat during his Feature Address emphasized that he has always taken a personal interest “in ensuring that what is to be done on [agricultural] land is the only thing done on the land”, said that both the Commissioner of Valuations and the Commissioner of State Lands, have become increasingly vigilant and intolerant of land misuses since they “have a responsibility to the taxpayers and citizens of this country to stand in defence of lands which have been freely distributed for the purpose of growing food on them.” He added: “Land allocated and leased for agriculture, must remain in agriculture unless the Government determines as a matter of public policy that the use should be changed for a particular public purpose.”

Also bringing greetings at the Ceremony was the Chairman of Caroni (1975) Limited, Mr. Jerry Hospedales, who commended Minister Rambharat “for his deep interest” in the lease distribution process and lauded his efforts at delivering some 4,314 leases since his appointment as Minister of Agriculture in September 2015. In acknowledging that the task of preparing, executing and registering 17,852 leases to approximately 9,000 beneficiaries, continued to be both “a challenging and daunting exercise”, Mr. Hospedales admitted to making “great strides” along with the Estate Management and Business Development Company (EMBD), towards the fulfilment of Caroni (1975) Limited’s commitment to the delivery of a total of 8,855 residential service lots and 8,997 two (2)-acre sized agricultural plots to the Company’s respective beneficiaries.

Attending the event were the Ministry’s Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Avinash Singh; Permanent Secretary, Ms. Angela Siew; Deputy Permanent Secretary, Mr. Farook Hosein; Deputy Commissioner of State Lands, Ms. Bhanmati Seecharan; Deputy Chairman of the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO), Mr. Wayne Innis; Chief Executive Officer of Caroni (1975) Limited, Mr. Kevin Singh; Chief Executive Officer of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Shievan Ramnath and Land Manager of the Estate Management Business Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (EMBD), Ms. Denise Nurse.

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