Mr. Mc Levon “Mackie” Tross, one of the island’s leading farmers in the use of greenhouse technology on Nevis, has underscored the need for farmers on the island to be treated with greater respect.
Mr. Colin Dore, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) says the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU) will begin to accept applications to access loans for small business development or expansion and the requisite training in about two weeks.
Women, and men younger than 35 years old now have the opportunity to borrow up to $100,000 for the establishment or expansion of existing small businesses, thanks to an EC $5million loan from the government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) to facilitate the process through the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU).
Mr. Timothy Prescott, facilitator of the first Essential Oils Workshop on Nevis hosted by the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU) in the Ministry of Finance, says the agency is the best functioning one he has encountered in the Caribbean region.
A workshop designed to expose participants to the potential of essential oils and the application for things that could be produced from them, ended on a high note in Nevis on May 23, 2018 with a mini exposition of products.