National Agricultural Plan 2015-2030.

The National Agricultural Plan is a national sectoral plan of Grenada for the period of 2015-2030. Its main goal is to stimulate economic growth in the agriculture sector through the development of a well-coordinated planning and implementation framework that is interactive and effective, and involve the full participation of the stakeholders, and which promotes food security, income generation and poverty alleviation.
In the area of food security, the document aims to reduce dependence on food imports and imported staples in particular and increase availability of local fresh and fresh processed products; increase economic access to food by vulnerable persons and their capacity to address their food and nutrition needs; and to improve the health status and wellbeing of the Grenadians through the consumption of nutritious and safe foods.
The Plan also seeks to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable. Specifically, it envisions to build climate resilience to avoid, prevent, or minimize climate change impacts on agriculture (including forestry and fisheries), the environment and biodiversity; improve preparedness for climate change impacts and extreme events; enhance the country’s response capacity in case of extremes; facilitate recovery from impacts and extremes; and reduce the impact of land based agriculture on climate change and the environment; and preserve and optimize resources (land, sea, genetic).
Moreover, the document aims to reduce rural poverty. In particular, it provides for making additional investments in economic infrastructure for increased contribution of the agricultural sector to economic growth, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability.
Further, the Plan targets to increase exports of traditional crops, fish, fruits, vegetables, root crops, minor spices, and value added products to international and regional markets; increase production of targeted fruits, vegetables, root crops, herbs and minor spices for targeted domestic markets; make additional investments in institutional and human resource capacity development in the agricultural sector to improve governance and efficiency; achieve greater collaboration in regional and international trade for agricultural products; create framework for donor and development partner coordination in providing support for the agriculture sector; leverage opportunities in the tourism sector to strengthen the linkage between agriculture and tourism; and invest in upgrading agricultural research and development capacity.
Institutional responsibility for the implementation of the Plan is with the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. The Minister will be obligated to report to the Cabinet and Parliament on progress in the implementation of the Plan. It is expected that the Plan will be incorporated into the National Sustainable Development Plan 2030 (NSDP2030). The Ministry through the Permanent Secretary will be expected to report to the monitoring Committee of the NSDP2030 on a monthly basis on progress in implementation. The reports to the Cabinet will be submitted biannually.