The Department of Agriculture and Livestock have drafted four new policies to revive the agriculture sector.
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Tommy Tomscoll said the new polices are the, Agriculture Adjustment (AA) Bill, Agriculture Investment Bill, Incentives for large scale commercial investment and the incentives for smallholder, blockholder and family agriculture investment.
The two draft Bills are to be presented in Parliament this year.
“Agriculture Adjustment (AA) draft Bill has been cleared by the State Solicitor paving the way for it to the First Legislative Council and to Parliament,” Tomscoll said.
“The Agriculture Investment (AI) Bill is cleared by the State Solicitor and now before the National Executive Council.
“We have looked at the total agriculture activities inside the country and grouped it into two categories for the purpose of developing new policies. The first category involves all agriculture activities driven by commercial nucleus estate and the second category involves all agriculture activities driven by smallholder, block-holder and family investment.