 The Global Environment Fund, SGP-UNDP, has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture to organize the second Knowledge Fair and the first urinary national honey show. Individuals from across St. Lucia gathered to showcase the innovation in products and byproducts of honey coming out of the apiculture industry in St. Lucia. The fair featured a variety of products including food and beverage products, cosmetics and honey uses in health and wellness. The two-day event also included a national honey show in which honey producers were judged on the quality of their honey products in various categories and levels. Chairperson of the Jeff SGP-UNDP National Staring Committee, Ember Charles, explains that this initiative is part of the organization's country programs with the ultimate goal of improving St. Lucia's apiculture industry. We continue to partner with the apiculture community in particular because we are noticing and experiencing the progress. The local community was reaching out and collaborating with experts and communities globally and sharing their own experiences. Numerous training programs were undertaken, enhancing skills in production and the management of the product. Richard Mathias earned his master beekeeping qualification and he is a tremendous asset not only to St. Lucia but to the Eastern Caribbean. So today beekeepers are no longer Donald's father or Timothy's grandmother or his auntie but a number of young people among us reach out among them. When Jeff SGP St. Lucia agreed to upscale this project by investing significantly more money into it, it was only understanding and hope that local beekeepers will move up from the basic extraction of honey to high value products and therefore repuditional benefits for their work. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development, Honourable Alfred Prosper expressed gratitude to the Jeff SGP-UNDP for their continuous commitment towards improving the apiculture sub-sector in St. Lucia, particularly in the promotion and integration of research into the industry. With the many challenges brought by the inexorable impact of climate change and climate change vulnerability, we in the agricultural industry must focus on building resilience and reducing vulnerability at all levels of the industry and its sub-sectors. It is within this context I see the future of apiculture in St. Lucia as one based on the use of science which means ongoing research and innovation and the introduction of new and emerging technologies to build resilience in the apiculture sub-sector. According to Minister Alfred, the Ministry of Agriculture remains committed to assisting the Jeff SGP-UNDP and St. Lucia beekeepers in their efforts to strengthen the resilience and capacity of St. Lucia's apiculture industry. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anicia Antoine reporting.