Antigua & Barbuda is steps closer to the finish line in the decades old Sarfati family breach of contract suit – with a US court ruling in Antigua & Barbuda’s favour yesterday.

The next raft of proposals by investors behind the controversial US$75 million poultry farm is set to be outlined in writing within two days.

Government cannot breathe a sigh of relief just yet, as the 25-year-old Sarfati debacle is resurrected and once again heads back to the courts.

Since the Fisheries Act and Fisheries Regulations took effect on February 2, an estimated 1,000 plus fisher folk will soon be asked to get registered and licensed with authorities at the Fisheries Department, a division of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Negotiations are ongoing between the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) and Ciboney Poultry Company (CPC)

Government might soon be forced to seek outside assistance to combat yet another pest, which appears to be affecting the country’s agricultural sector.

The campaign to protect the nation’s marine resources might finally get the regulatory backing it has so long needed as the draft fisheries policy passed its review by the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

The Ministry of Agriculture will be working vigorously to implement its National Food and Nutrition Security Policy Action Plan for Antigua & Barbuda as soon as the new year starts.

The ministry of agriculture will be experimenting with a greenhouse project to demonstrate to and entice farmers to utilise the technology to help improve food production in the near future.

Winner of the inaugural Ms Agriculture Pageant, Amanda Tappin, said a ministry official has warned her to stop her media campaign to claim her pageant winnings.