Minister for Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, and Fisheries Ezechiel Joseph of Saint Lucia

Ezekiel Joseph says he will no longer remain a bystander, while the Islands farmers suffer.

Minister Joseph said that the two-year project which includes the establishment of both a hatchery and nursery in one location will attract an initial cost in the region of EC $1.

Joseph said that the country hoped to build a slaughterhouse and meat-processing factory in the south, a project they have also discussed with the French government, the UN and the EU.

Joseph said that blueprints had already been drawn up for the facility, adding that he hoped Taiwan would help St.