Min. of Agriculture

About

Mission Statement

To transform and support the progressive growth of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives so as to prepare our population to overcome the challenges of food security and poverty and to actively participate in and benefit from global trade.

About

The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing, Co-operatives and Fisheries of the Nevis Island Administration has general oversight and responsibility for the Departments of Agriculture, Co-operatives and Fisheries as well as the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation.

Minister, The Honourable Eric Rohan Evelyn has overall responsibility for the Ministry and he has the services of an Administrative Assistant.

Permanent Secretary Mr. Huey Sargeant is responsible for managing the affairs of the Departments of Agriculture, Co-operatives and Fisheries and he reports directly to the Minister.  Mr. Sargeant is assisted by a senior clerk.  The Ministry recently recruited an employee to assist with Alien Land Holding licenses.

The Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) has direct responsibility for the sale and overall management of government lands as well as public housing.  The manager, Mr. Dexter Boncamper reports directly to the Minister.

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Articles

A fully assembled Processing Line for the Nevis Island Administration’s broiler processing plant on its arrival at the Long Point Port on May 26

NIA one step closer to Broiler Project implementation

The Ministry of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is one step closer to implementing its Broiler Project which would help to reduce the island’s food import bill while providing fresh local chicken.

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Mr. Anthony Reid, Director of Economy, Nature and Infrastructure in St. Eustatius visiting Nevis on March 30, 2023

St. Eustatius official expresses satisfaction with Nevis visit

An official from the Ministry of Agriculture on Nevis is describing a meeting between a two-member team from the ministry and a visiting delegation from St. Eustatius as fruitful.

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Hon. Eric Evelyn, Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Premier of Nevis delivering his address at the opening ceremony for Agri-Expo 2023 at the Elquemedo T. Willett Park on March 30, 2023

Agri-Expo 2023 opens; agriculture minister pleased with state of Nevis’ agriculture

Hon. Eric Evelyn, Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), says it is because of the Department of Agriculture’s dedication to agriculture why the 29th annual agriculture exposition formerly known as the Agriculture Open Day now rebranded Agri-Expo is being held with the theme “Together for Food Sovereignty; Agri Expo 2023.”

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Photo caption: (l-r) Mr. Huey Sargeant, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture on Nevis; Mr. Randy Elliott, Director of the Department of Agriculture; Mr. Floyd Liburd, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture; Mr. Kyle Huang, Specialist at the Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis; Mr. Roy Yuan Hung Lo, the new Mission Chief at the Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis; Mr. Quincy Bart, Quarantine Officer; and Mrs. Rhosyll Jeffers-Gaskell, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture; (Mr. Steve Reid, Chief Extension Officer was also present) showing off some of the 2,000 pineapple slips donated to the Ministry of Agriculture by Mr. Roy Yuan Hung Lo n his first visit to Nevis on November 02, 2022

New Head of Taiwan Technical Mission in SKN visits Nevis, brings gift

The Department of Agriculture was gifted with 2,000 pineapple slips from the Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis on November 02, 2022.

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Nevis Department of Agriculture to take action against stray animals

The following is a notice from the Ministry of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) concerning stray animals.

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Ms. Corissa Griffin of Nevis, a participant of the three-day historic Agri-preneur Conference for Women and Girls hosted by the Department of Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration, speaking with the Department of Information on August 25, 2022

Participants in Agri-preneur Conference for Women and Girls on Nevis call experience pleasing

Two of the 20 participants who attended the historic Agri-preneur Conference hosted by the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs in Nevis in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture are registering their satisfaction with the event and are calling on the hosts to stage more of the same.

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Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Acting Premier of Nevis and Minister of Agriculture delivering remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the historic Agri-preneur Conference for women and girls on August 23, 2022, at the GMBC Building

Nevis seeking to establish broiler industry targeting women and girls 

In its ongoing thrust to ensure food security, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is seeking to establish a broiler industry on Nevis through the Department of Agriculture, targeting women and girls.

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Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs on Nevis, delivering remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the historic Agri-preneur Conference for women and girls on August 23, 2022, at the GMBC Building

Dept. of Gender Affairs preparing Nevis’ women and girls to face climate change-related global threats

As the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) continues to educate and empower women and girls on the island, its latest move is focused on preparing them to better weather climate change-related global threats and sustainability.

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Ms. Shelisa Martin-Clarke, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, at the Opening Ceremony for the Ministry’s Agri-preneur Conference, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture at the GMBC Building on August 23, 2022

Historic Agri-preneur Conference for women and girls begins on Nevis   

A three-day Agri-preneur Conference for women and girls on Nevis, aimed at empowering them to become business persons in the agriculture industry, commenced on August 23, 2022. 

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Documents

The Co-operative Societies Act, 2011

AN ACT to mprovide for the registration, supervision, governance, operation and management of co-operative societies including credit unions, the members of which have a common bond of philosophy and socio-economic objectives, and for incidental and related purposes.

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Forms

Alien Land Holding License Form

The information requested is required in order to facilitate the processing of the application in accordance with the policy of Government

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