Sunday, August 11, 2013
From left, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj, farmer Blaise Chookolingo, Finance Minister Larry Howai and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Ramona Ramdial look at the first crop of pak choi ready for harvesting at the Caroni Green Initiative, Caroni Phase One Cultivation Unit in Orange Valley, yesterday.
PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR.
Food price inflation, which was at 29 per cent in 2010, has been reduced to nine per cent this year, while T&T’s agriculture sector grew by six per cent, Food Produ