Antigua & Barbuda to receive support from China to advance pepper production

Antigua and Barbuda has started a training course on hybrid pepper breeding, seed production, and cultivation techniques as a major step to increase the country's agricultural capability, especially in the field of pepper production.

This is being done in partnership with the Agricultural Extension Division, Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co. Ltd., a prominent Chinese agricultural enterprise renowned for its proficiency in crop breeding and hybrid seed technologies.

The occasion represents a significant milestone in Antigua and Barbuda's endeavours to enhance food security and modernise its agricultural sector.

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The course will take place from October 15 to November 13, 2024, at the Villa Polytechnical Clinic. The emphasis will be on providing local farmers with state-of-the-art methods for developing and growing hybrid peppers.

Additionally, this program enhances China-Antigua/Barbuda agricultural cooperation.

Sixty participants, including field workers and technical professionals, from different departments of the country's agricultural ministry will get training and dissemination of the approaches.