Ministry of Agriculture receives small ruminant pens under Volcano project

The livestock division in the Ministry of Agriculture last Monday, September 2, 2024, received two ruminant pens through the World Bank-funded Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project (VEEP).

The two ruminant pens, located at the Rabacca livestock breeding and multiplication centre, were completed over a period of eight months by Ambris and Pilgrim Building Contractors. The contract was valued at EC$944,107.92.

During a brief ceremony, Allan Pilgrim officially handed over the ruminant pens to Dr Monica Davis, veterinarian officer in the Ministry of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division, who expressed appreciation and optimism for the positive impacts these pens will have on agriculture in the near future.

Both pens were an investment through VEEP to provide suitable accommodation for the animals at the centre – including those that were recently imported under the UBEC CERC, Food Insecurity Project.

VEEP is being implemented by the Economic Planning Division -Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology. (VEEP)