by Fabian Belgrave | Oct 18, 2022 | Top Stories
From left to right: Dr. Anthony Kellman of the Food and Agriculture Organization; Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Wier; James Pile of Street Lamp Ministries; Rica Edey of the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness; Erla Elibox of Prison...
by Fabian Belgrave | Oct 7, 2022 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Barbados is on a mission to revitalise the papaya industry. This from Chief Agriculture Officer (Ag), Michael James, who said that the Agriculture Ministry was on a journey to rehabilitate papaya in Barbados. He was speaking at a workshop for farmers,...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Apr 12, 2021 | Top Stories
Volcanic ash in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Photo: The UWI Seismic Research Centre) Volcanic ash is toxic for animals, but it can prove beneficial to crop farmers, in the long term. This was divulged on VOB’s Brass Tacks Sunday programme, where experts from the...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Mar 26, 2021 | Top Stories
Best Practices in Green Monkey Deterrence: A Manual for Farmers in Barbados Farmers and others encountering challenges, as a result of monkeys trespassing on their property, may find relief by obtaining the document titled: Best Practices in Green Monkey Deterrence: A...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Mar 4, 2021 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is considering a combination of deterrents to combat threats posed by a growing monkey population. Chief Agricultural Officer, Keeley Holder, alluded to this yesterday while appearing on VOB’s Brass Tacks...