Agriculture

Barbados has an opportunity to attract investment in refined or white sugar production to meet strong regional demand, with producers in Belize offering technical support to help develop the industry, …

A difficult-to-detect cane disease is likely widespread in Barbados and threatens next year’s sugar crop, a leading researcher has warned. Andrew Stoute, research director at the West Indies Central Sugarcane …

Barbados’ sugar industry is exploring year-round electricity generation for the national grid, with cane farmers and the government examining the use of bagasse, king grass and high-fibre cane to help …

Barbados is positioning itself to become a regional hub for cannabis research and biotechnology, with plans to open one of the Caribbean’s largest tissue culture laboratories and establish a national …

High licensing costs are keeping medicinal cannabis cultivation out of reach for small farmers, the industry’s chief regulator acknowledged on Friday, while stigma and advertising restrictions hamper the industry’s development. …

Barbados could meet domestic demand for pork, but excessive imports risk discouraging farmers from expanding production, the president of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), Henderson Williams, has said. Williams welcomed …

Government is moving to curb imports of food and agricultural products that can be produced locally, with Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight signalling closer scrutiny of imported commodities. The minister …

Dairy and sheep farmers are to receive drought-tolerant grass under a government pilot project aimed at securing animal feed supplies ahead of a potentially very strong El Niño event extending …

Barbados will open an export packhouse within the next few weeks to expand farm export opportunities, Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight announced on Friday at the acquisition of one of …