As part of President Irfaan Ali’s agriculture and food security initiative, $75 million in agricultural equipment and materials were handed over yesterday to the Ministry of Agriculture by the Finance Ministry.
The items included shade mesh, plain wire, mist blowers, shade house plastic and mesh, knapsack sprayers, water pumps, fertilisers, garden hoses, cutlass files, spades, brush cutters, wheel barrows, gloves, shovels, watering cans, as well as over 12,500 coconut seedlings and 20,200 fruits and ground provision seedlings.
These are expected to be distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture to farmers in various regions across the country.