Fisheries Ministry Partners-Up With AgroNat Maldives

In a signing ceremony held yesterday, Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources & Agriculture signed a Partnership Agreement with Agro National Corporation in hopes of improving the economical agriculture across different islands in Maldives.
 
The Ministry has recently started ‘Maldives AgriBusiness Program’ to improve the economical status of agriculture in Maldives. With this program in place, the government provides funds from International Fund for Agricultural Development to install latest technological innovations in the field of agriculture as well as enable supply of climate resilient seeds, nutrients, pesticides and equipment.
 
As of now, the program has been utilized in three different islands of northern thiladhunmathi atoll and the Ministry has plans to broaden the portfolio of islands across Northern and Southern Maldives with this Partnership Agreement in place.