St. Maarten Looks To Nevis’ Agriculture Industry For Best Practices, Possible Trade Link

Excerpt and Photo: thestkittsnevisobserver.com

Sint Maarten’s Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs the Honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten says not only can the Dutch territory learn from Nevis’ agriculture model, the possibility exists for the two islands to forge trade links.

The idea of inter-island collaboration was well received by Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the Honourable Eric Evelyn. He led the Honourable Heyliger-Marten and her delegation on a tour to various agricultural stations during a recent visit to Nevis.

“We are always happy to welcome persons from the neighboring islands to come to see what we are doing and to see what they can take away. The Minister has been talking about more trade between Sint Maarten and the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis; that is something that we would also welcome.