AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAgriculture & Food Security: CARDI has started regional tomato variety trials in St. Vincent, transplanting 400 plants of elite lines at Miss Morris’s farm with monitoring planned to identify the most resilient, high-yield varieties for farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Belize. Digital Services: Flow SVG will retire the legacy Vincysurf email service on September 30, with sending and receiving disabled in phases starting August 31 and September 15. Renewables Funding: IRENA opened a funding call for renewable energy projects across Central America and the Caribbean, including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, clean transport, green hydrogen and sargassum energy, with priority for proposals before September 1. Heritage & Infrastructure: The Government and the World Bank-funded UBEC Project have restarted rehabilitation work at Fort Charlotte, with officials stressing preservation of the site’s historic integrity. Youth, Tech & Skills: The Department of Culture’s four-day “AI Creative Workshop” (ages 12–15) runs August 10–15 at the Thomas Saunders Secondary School IT Lab, teaching youths to use AI for storytelling and filmmaking. Environment: Invasive goats were removed from Battowia to help seabird nesting habitat recover, supporting species like boobies and frigatebirds. Local Tech Careers: A Vincentian engineer working at TSMC in Taiwan is profiled, highlighting STEM pathways and staying connected to home.
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