The Ministry of Agriculture’s Livestock Division, through the World Bank-funded Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project (VEEP) has received two ruminant pens at the Rabacca Livestock Breeding & Multiplication Centre.
The project, valued at EC$944,107.92, was awarded to Ambris and Pilgrim Building Contractors (AP Construction), who completed it within 8 months.
Allan Pilgrim officially handed over the ruminant pens to Monica Davis, veterinarian officer in the Ministry of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division on Monday.
Davis expressed appreciation and optimism for the positive impacts the pens will have on agriculture soon.
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 of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology.