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Government to regulate sale of pesticides
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Sustainable, climate-resistant agricultural practices will be key in the fight against the wave of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) sweeping the island and region, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir has declared.Weir was speaking during Friday’s workshop on ‘Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems’ hosted in collaboration with the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, French Agriculture Research Centre for Development (CIRAD), and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).According to Weir, the Government-run Farmers’ Empowerment and Enfranchisement Drive (FEED) is only one of several steps being taken by the present administration, to not only educate young people of the benefits of working in agriculture but also has a greater benefit of encouraging those young farmers into investing in healthier and sustainable food production.
Government transitioning sugar industry in Barbados
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir says Government is moving to transition the sugar industry from a bulk sugar production industry to a value chain one, with associated benefits for the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Ltd and the public, as a whole.
As he expressed gratitude to China for the donation of a sugarcane harvester to the BAMC, Weir said the sugar industry had for many years been operating at a substantial loss to the government and noted that government subsidies had continued to increase, while authorities tried to grapple with changes necessary to transform the industry.
BADMC sacks security officer
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by Emmanuel Joseph
Twenty-four hours after suspending its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Brian Francis, citing “allegations of misconduct,” the state-run agricultural marketing arm has sent home another officer amidst demands by some employees for the board to resign.
In a letter dated March 9, 2021, Human Resources Manager Taurean Roach of the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC), informed Junior Murray that “your term of employment as Security Coordinator Officer will be terminated with immediate effect”.
Roach, who signed the correspondence on behalf of the Acting CEO Frederick Inniss, told Murray he was being terminated because the board had decided to take the BADMC on a new business path.
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