AGRI-Invest Country Profiles
Agri Investment Forum & Expo, 2022
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR
The industry largely comprises subsistence farming or small-scale commercial farming primarily for the domestic market. Currently, fishing contributes about half of the value added from agriculture and fishing sector.
The main agricultural crops are mixed fruits and vegetables:
Onions
Sweet Potatoes
Carrots
Pumpkin
Potatoes
Mangoes Coconuts Pineapple Sugar Apple
Polycropping systems dominate the farm landscape. There is also an active trade in livestock with production of
Cattle
Pigs
Chickens
Goat Meat
The Government recognizes that the sector is key in advancing food and nutrition security, livelihoods, environmental protection and rural economic and social development - including health.
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