by Nya Phillips | Feb 14, 2019 | Top Stories
Efforts are under way to develop a local apiculture (beekeeping) industry as part of plans to reposition the agricultural sector to the forefront of social and economic development in Barbados. Chief Agricultural Officer, Lennox Chandler, made the announcement on...
by Melissa Rollock | Aug 29, 2018 | Ministry News
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is hoping to change the attitudes and palates of Barbadians when it comes to the consumption of rabbit meat. To this end, it held a workshop on Rabbit Production this morning at the CARDI building, located on the...
by Nya Phillips | May 11, 2018 | Ministry News
Second-year students of the Division of Agriculture at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) have been certified in the construction and management of greenhouses, under a Protected Agriculture course. The course, which ran from January to May...
by Julie Carrington | Mar 29, 2018 | banner, Top Stories
The Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation’s (BADMC), existing national cassava value chain programme is in for a big boost. That is because the BADMC, with assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization, will be establishing a...
by Nya Phillips | Feb 5, 2018 | banner, Top Stories
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management’s efforts to encourage Barbadians to grow more local foods are picking up pace. This view was expressed by Chief Agricultural Officer, Lennox Chandler, as he addressed a recently held field day...