Don’t tear down greenhouses – Maduro
“I would hate to see the greenhouses torn down,” said Edmund Maduro, host of Speak Your Mind on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
According to Maduro, he would be happy to see the greenhouses utilised “in a way that they will benefit this country.”
The project was a brainchild of former Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Omar Hodge and faced stiff opposition from farmers and several concerned residents, who were of the view that the project would affect the livelihood of farmers.
However, in a previous interview Hodge had pointed out that the Territory’s import bill for food was extremely high and stated that with mass production of several cash crops grown in the VI, fresher produce will be available to the community.
But on August 9, 2011, the then Minister informed this news agency that the greenhouses would not become operational this year because the project was awaiting the arrival and installation of a water tank that was being sourced in Miami but could not give a time line and had said, “It will take some time as money for that project is small”.
Meanwhile, the new Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering is yet to say what is his policy on the greenhouse project.
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