AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoPublic Health & Pharma Trade: SVG and India signed an MoU to boost public health cooperation, including SVG’s recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia to streamline importation, quality assurance, and registration of Indian generic medicines. Housing & Land Governance: A government review of state land allocations is stirring debate over fairness, including multiple allocations and repeat beneficiaries, while officials say the aim is regularisation and encouraging formal agreements. Regional Air Connectivity: OECS leaders renewed calls for an OECS airline as travellers report long delays and missed connections, highlighting how transport costs and reliability affect regional business and meetings. CARICOM Humanitarian Logistics: CARICOM delivered 88 containers of earthquake relief to Venezuela, including food, medicines, construction materials, rubble-removal machinery, and water tanks, with Guyana leading logistics and SVG among supporting states. Food Safety for Exports: IICA and partners trained SVG agro-processors to meet international food safety and export readiness standards, with action plans aimed at unlocking new markets. Blue Economy & Seafood Compliance: UBEC consultations in fisheries, seafood safety, and aquaculture are shaping a seafood sanitary development plan to improve compliance for exports. Digital Agriculture: SVG is moving ahead with a FAO-funded National Geospatial Database and Management Information System to strengthen data-driven agriculture and coastal risk management. Regional Cost of Living & Cargo: CARICOM leaders discussed measures to ease living costs, including lower fuel import taxes, freight adjustments, cheaper intra-regional cargo movement, more renewables, and faster progress on a regional ferry service. Credit & Fiscal Pressure: Commentary and coverage around Moody’s downgrade focus on liquidity pressures, rising domestic debt, and the knock-on effects for government payments and economic confidence. Youth in Agriculture: ZHTF launched the Youth Agriculture Science Internship Programme (YASIP) with 45 interns for a six-week placement aimed at strengthening food systems through youth participation.
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