The EMBD is a state company under the government of Trinidad and Tobago. It was formed in 2002 with one of its major roles being to manage and develop lands formerly owned by Caroni (1975) Ltd. As the EMBD continues to expand and grow as a company we encourage you to visit our website for future updates. We also welcome your comments and feedback.
Estate Management
This department is responsible for issuing all sub-leases for Agricultural State Lands to all suitable individuals and agencies.Cabinet approval is necessary to issue sub-leases. Read More |
Residential Development
The EMBD is responsible for developing 33 residential sites. Twenty –six of these sites are being developed for Caroni 1975 Ltd VSEP employees and members of the public. Read More |
Agriculture Development
In the government’s attempt to strengthen and make the agricultural sector more efficient and increase overall productivity, all State lands for agricultural purposes, are to be transferred to the EMBD. Read More |
Access Roads
The Agricultural Access Road Rehabilitation Programme in partnership with the Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs is a key intervention aimed at increasing farming activity and food security for the nation. Read More |
Farmer says the On Farm Pond Program is a great relief!! Anthony Sonar, a farmer in La Compensation is a very happy farmer. This is because he is one of the two hundred farmers who is now benefiting from the MFPLMA on-farm pond programme. The EMBD through its Projects Department was responsible for managing the [...]
The EMBD continues to rehabilitate agricultural access roads in the various “food baskets” throughout the country on behalf of the MFPLMA. During an exercise to ascertain the views of farmers who benefitted from the new agricultural access roads, corporate communications visited farmers in Freeport. Here we met Ramkumar Mahabir an enthusiastic eighty year old farmer, [...]
Groundwork to create a new, more comprehensive and relevant Geographic Information System (GIS) –based on Land Information System (LISTT) is underway. This GIS initiative of the Ministry of Food Production Land and Marine Affairs (MFPLMA), Land Management Division, is being administered by EMBD. The new system is expected to be much broader in context [...]
