In spite of limited financial resources, Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries assured that ‘the priority will always be the farmers’; this while speaking at a Crate Distribution Ceremony on Saturday 9th September, 2017 at the Ministry’s New Head Office in Chaguanas. (more…)

In today’s world, a whopping one-third of all food produced is wasted. Put simply, for every 3 meals produced, one (1) ends up in the trash. And get this: approximately 805 million people still go hungry every day. If we could save just a quarter of this food, it would be enough to feed all the starving and malnourished people in the world. (more…)

As we approach the end of the financial year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries has taken steps to settle all wages due to National Reforestation workers to the end of September 2017. (more…)

Calling attention to the recent national furor on the issue of poaching, particularly the poaching of the national bird – the Scarlet Ibis – Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries said, ‘I think the country now understands that there is a difference between a hunter and a poacher and the real enemy that we have to deal with are those persons who want to behave in a way that is inconsistent with the law and do not wish to follow the rules and abide by the law’. (more…)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries is today urging fisherfolk to exercise extreme care at sea and take immediate precautions to secure marine assets following this evening’s announcement by the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) that long-period ocean swells are currently affecting the coastlines of the Caribbean region, including Trinidad and Tobago, as a result of Hurricane Irma. (more…)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries is actively taking steps to control and, where possible, eradicate swarms of Moruga Locusts that have formed over parts of Rio Claro since Monday threatening vegetation and crops and causing a nuisance to residents. (more…)

‘Today represents a very significant day to the Muslim community; and it is also a very significant day for livestock farmers. Supporting the farmer and the farm is far more important as we focus on what the farmers need ’, words of Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries as he joined members of the local Muslim community in celebration of Eid al-Adha, on Friday 1st September, 2017 at the Livestock Farm of Shiraz Khan, Carlsen Field. (more…)

‘Tree planting is an important investment – the value and rewards that [future generations] will see hundreds of years from now’ said Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries at a Tree Planting at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. (more…)