by Fabian Belgrave | May 11, 2023 | Top Stories
Senior Agricultural Officer and Plant Pathologist, Michael James, inspecting a diseased mango tree. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security will observe International Day of Plant Health tomorrow, Friday, May 12, under the theme...
by Nya Phillips | Apr 11, 2019 | Ministry News
Food security, climate change and the medicinal value of plants will be among the topics discussed at the first Biennial Botanical Symposium and Exhibition, being hosted by the Biocultural Education and Research Programme. It is being held in association with the PEG...
by Nya Phillips | Feb 2, 2018 | Ministry News
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management is working to conserve the island’s local plant species. Addressing the scores of persons who attended the Ministry’s field day on local medicinal plants on Wednesday, Chief Agricultural...
by Nya Phillips | Jan 26, 2018 | Ministry News
Barbadians will have the opportunity to learn about 10 local medicinal plants when the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management hosts its Field Day, next Wednesday, January 31. It will take place at the Caribbean Agricultural Research and...
by Theresa Blackman | Feb 16, 2017 | Ministry News
The protection of new plant varieties will come under the microscope when the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office, in association with the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, hosts a one-day consultation with...