by Nya Phillips | Dec 5, 2017 | banner, Ministry News
Barbados and the region can have a bustling coconut industry, despite being smaller than major growers such as Indonesia and The Philippines. This assertion was made by Maurice Wilson, who is the Regional Coconut Industry Coordinator at the Caribbean Agricultural...
by Nya Phillips | Dec 1, 2017 | Ministry News
Farmers and agriculturalists at heart will have the opportunity to observe various cultivation practices when the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) hosts its Open Day on Tuesday, December 5. It will be held at CARDI’s Demonstration and...
by Nya Phillips | Nov 29, 2017 | Ministry News
Barbados has taken an all-inclusive approach to developing its coconut industry. Growers, vendors, processors, and agricultural officials met at the Ministry of Agriculture’s Graeme Hall, Christ Church office, this morning, for the inaugural meeting of the Barbados...
by Theresa Blackman | Jun 27, 2017 | Ministry News
Coconut planters are advised that the stakeholders meeting, scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 29, at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic, has been postponed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management regrets any inconvenience...
by Deirdre Gittens | Jun 27, 2017 | Top Stories
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, met recently with several officials from the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), including its new Country Representative for Barbados, Ansari Hosein. Mr. Hosein has...