For Barbados to seriously tackle rising food prices, there must be significant investment in the agricultural sector, says chief executive officer of The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul.
Paul, who was speaking on Monday at a workshop on Renewable Energy Options For The Agriculture Sector With A Focus On Women Farmers at Amaryllis Beach Resort, said the incorporation of renewable energy into the agricultural sector and “investment in farmers” were ways of increasing food production to cushion the impact of increasing food prices.
However, he said that for farmers to tap into renewable energy Government and stakeholders must be willing to invest.
“[If] we have a situation where . . . individual producers are willing to try things, we should have no difficulty in investing in those private farms that are willing to at least try renewable energy products,” Paul said. (LK)
