At a time when there has been something of a lull in the flow of information regarding the progress being made in what, admittedly, is the opening ‘stanza’ of the implementation of the regional so-called 25×2025 plan to reduce extra regional food imports, the news that St. Lucia appears to be taking its own steps to respond to its own food security challenges is to be commended.
St. Lucia’s initiative is even more noteworthy when account is taken of the fact that agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago is being compromised by flooding and that, reportedly, this has resulted in threats by farmers in T&T to ‘walk away’ from their farms until the rainy season is over.