 The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives in collaboration with the Taiwan Technical Mission in St Lucia through the Serving Crops Project have established three weather stations in the communities of Babono, Denry and Shwazel. The data being provided by the weather stations will assist farmers in making more informed decisions on the cultivation of the crops and minimise loss due to changing conditions. Parliamentary representative of Shwazel Saltybus, Honourable Bradley Felix, highlighted the importance of procuring modernised equipment to ensure the sustainability of the agriculture industry in St Lucia. I'm hoping that we take advantage of the predictions and the readings from the weather station so that we could make very sound decisions and not because your neighbour is planting tomatoes or potatoes that you decide to do the same thing, that we can vary what we grow and we can do it with the knowledge and the science behind it. So I am looking forward to a significant increase in production in the quality based on the readings that we will be getting from the weather station. And I want to take the opportunity to thank the government and the people of Taiwan for the continuous assistance. Ambassador of the Republic of China Taiwan to St Lucia, His Excellency Peter Chen, reaffirms his government's commitment to assist in ensuring a more resilient agricultural sector in St Lucia. The weather station before us is able to collect all sorts of data, rainfall, light intensity, wind speed and humidity. It's solar powered and can be remotely accessed by the internet. This is what new agriculture looks like. I have four confidence that these weather stations are one of the important steps to achieving agriculture 4.0. We are honoured to work with St Lucia a strong ally and with support from their partner like the United States on mutually beneficial goals with such meaningful impact. The Ministry of Agriculture fisheries, physical planning, natural resources and cooperatives encourages farmers to take full advantage of the new technology received when planning their production cycles. From the information unit of the Department of Agriculture, I am Anicia Antoine reporting.