Contract signed for new agriculture and fisheries complex

The Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has signed a contract valued at nearly $95,200 for constructing a new Agriculture and Fisheries Complex.

Trojan Design and Development Ltd. was awarded the contract for the project. The complex is envisioned to provide farmers and fishers with the resources they need to increase productivity, access new markets, and reduce the Territory’s dependence on imports. “The Complex design is integral to this because as we produce more, we do not want a system where our farmers and fishers, in addition to producing the products that they are responsible for, now have to go and make individual arrangements with restaurants or the supermarkets,” Junior Agriculture Minister Dr Karl Dawson stated.

According to the RDA, the design will include facilities for the processing, storage, and distribution of farmers’ and fishers’ products. It will feature an abattoir, fish processing facility, and office spaces for administrative and technical services. Meanwhile, the construction management assures that the facility will be built according to the approved designs. The new Agriculture and Fisheries Complex will be a modern facility with value-added functionality for safe food processing. It is set to replace facilities destroyed by the hurricanes in 2017, modernizing the abattoir, re-establishing the fish processing hub, and offering new spaces for administration, technical services, and educational programs with a view to processing and exporting food products.